James Sayers, 31, was part of a group who targeted the Barclays branch in Henfield. The group had stolen vehicles and were seen going in a convoy to the bank, where a JCB Telehandler was used to rip out the ATM from the wall. Sayers and others then made off with £50,000 in cash from inside the machine from the heist. It was claimed that he got involved in the raids because of his spiralling gambling debts. He also admitted a similar ram raid at a Co-op store in Didcot, Oxfordshire when he appeared at Hove Crown Court. His Honour Judge Jeremy Gold QC heard how an Audi A6 was stolen from a rural property, along with a Nissan Navara which was used to transport the stolen machine.
A GAMBLING addict used a digger to smash through the wall of a Co-op so his gang could steal a cash machine in a ram raid. James Sayers, 31, was part of a group who targeted the branch in Didcot, as well as a Barclays bank branch in Henfield - in which £50,000 was stolen. The group had stolen vehicles and were seen going in a convoy to the bank, where a JCB Telehandler was used to rip out the ATM from the wall. It was claimed that he got involved in the raids because of his spiralling gambling debts. He also admitted a similar ram raid at the Co-op store in Oxfordshire when he appeared at Hove Crown Court.