Belfast: Three jailed over plot to rob cash truck

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Three men jailed over plot to rob cash truck in west Belfast

Three men have been jailed over a planned armed robbery of a cash-in-transit van.

Jason Francis McMillan, 32, of Eithne House, Duncairn Parade, Belfast, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob and was sentenced to six years and two months, with half in custody and half on licence. The court heard that at about 07:30 GMT on 6 March, a stolen Volkswagen Tiguan was observed with two men on board and, later that morning, it was seen travelling in convoy with a stolen black Seat Leon.At 08:50 GMT, police approached the Tiguan and removed the driver, Stephen Allen, who was wearing orange and blue gloves.

The court was then told that Jason McMillan was seen by police at 09:00 in the rear garden of his parent's home "doing something to a neighbour's fence".Police searched the garden and found a car key. He was subsequently arrested at a petrol station on the Falls Road.

 

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