THE Farnworth community has rallied after burglars broke into a pet supplies shop in the early hours of Tuesday. Two offenders, hooded up and wearing masks, forced their way into Nigel’s Pet Supplies on The Market Precinct at around 5.15am with a crowbar. Owner Nigel Cain, who has run his business for 32 years, was woken by an alert on his phone, which warned him that the shop alarm had gone off. He quickly made his way over to his store and called the police. Nigel, 53, from Farnworth, said: “When I was driving in I was hoping it was a false alarm.
Robber given a second chance after victim asks for leniency
Left to Right: Akeem Laidlow & Social Share
A young man sobbed as he was given a second chance last week Thursday, after the man whom he robbed some years ago asked the court to be lenient in sentencing him.
Akeem Laidlow had two streams of tears moving down his face on Thursday, December 3, as the sentence of the court was explained to him.
He was ultimately sentenced to three years in prison, to be suspended for three years, “on condition that over the next three years the prisoner should not commit any offence punishable by more than six months imprisonment,” Justice Brian Cottle concluded.