Guilty plea over Shifnal armed bank raid
A man has admitted the attempted robbery of a bank and a shop while armed with an imitation firearm.
Mark Gillon appeared via video link at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old, of no fixed address, admitted the attempted robbery of Barclays bank in Shifnal on March 24, as well as the robbery of the One Stop shop in Market Drayton on March 25.
He also entered guilty pleas to a charge of theft in relation to vehicle registration plates and being in possession of an imitation firearm, namely a black handgun, in relation to the incident in Market Drayton.
He was accused of robbery in a separate incident on March 24, which he denied, but entered a guilty plea to an alternative charge of the theft of a Vauxhall Vectra.
He entered not guilty pleas to charges of robbery on March 20 of Lloyds bank in Madeley and being in possession of a black handgun in relation to that incident.
The pleas were accepted by the prosecution. Gillon was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at the same court on Friday.
