Five Men Charged After Over 40 Cash Machine Raids

A man from Ullesthorpe near Lutterworth is one of five people from Leicestershire to be charged after ATM raids across the UK.

Christopher Casey, 25, from Mere Lane, is accused of conspiracy to burgle and steal, after cash was stolen in over 40 incidents during the past 18 months.

The total worth of cash stolen, along with the cost of damage to buildings, amounted to hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A number of high-powered vehicles, thought to have been used during the raids have also been seized by Police, following a number of co-ordinated raids led by the the East Midlands Special Operations Unit in Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Scotland and the West Midlands.

A man from Lincolnshire has also been charged.

Those charged are:

• Patrick Gilheaney, aged 32, of Griggs Road in Loughborough, Leicestershire
• John Smith, aged 31, of Evergreen Close in Spalding, Lincolnshire
• Christopher Casey, aged 25, of Mere Lane in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire
• Tali Smith, aged 32, Alfie Boswell, aged 31, and William Boswell, aged 22, all of the Bagworth area in Leicestershire.

The exact locations of the attacks have been withheld due to ongoing investigations.