£15,000 burglar stole from three Shrewsbury shops in a day
A burglar who stole £15,000 of booze and tobacco in five burglaries - including three in one day in Shrewsbury - has been jailed.
John Fannon, aged 36, targeted Ford Service Station, Esso garage in Bayston Hill and Sainsbury's Local in Reabrook all on the same day. In one burglary with accomplices, £60 cash was stolen out of a worker's handbag.
Those burglaries came after he and others stole two cages of whiskey, champagne and other alcohol worth £8,000 from a Tesco Express store in Hoylake Road, Wirral.
Shrewsbury Crown Court was told that Fannon was joined by accomplices on each burglary, so there were enough people to use distraction tactics. But he is the only one who has been convicted of the offences.
It was October 10 last year when Fannon went on his crime spree in Shrewsbury.
First, he went to Ford Service Station off the A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool road with two accomplices. One of them was seen by the office door holding a pipe against his body. He told a member of staff at the service station that he was a workman.
They left without any items, but staff found a door frame had been knocked out of place and dents surrounding a lock.
