Second man admits sports shop ram raid
A second man has admitted a slick ram raid at a Barrington sports store in which $50,000 of merchandise was snatched and $15,000 damage was done.
The three offenders were in and out in three minutes, police said.
Joseph Senior, a 27-year-old digger operator from Linwood, pleaded guilty to the burglary charge at the Christchurch District Court today.
Judge Alistair Garland remanded him in custody for a probation report and sentencing on June 30. Home detention has been ruled out, but defence counsel Paul Johnson said Senior was keen to take part in a restorative justice conference where he could meet and apologise to the victims – Anderson and Hill sports store at Barrington Mall.
Two cars and three offenders were involved in the well planned and organised raid which took place about 2.50am on October 14.
A Nissan Bluebird car was driven through the glass frontage of the store, damaging the large glass sliding doors. A second car, a Subaru driven by Senior, was parked close to the front of the store.
Three men got out and gathered up clothing, shoes, and accessories from open displays in the store and loaded it into the two cars – a process that took only three minutes – before both cars were driven away.
Police said repairs to the store frontage cost $15,000 and labelled clothing and footwear worth more than $50,000 was taken. The property has not been found. Senior was stopped and arrested while driving a different vehicle about two weeks later.
Senior also admitted charges of receiving stolen property, stealing items including a laptop and radar detector from cars, dishonestly using a company’s order book which he had been given by an unknown person, and unlawfully taking a $25,000 car.
A second offender, 30-year-old Matt Dylan Sinclair, admitted the burglary charge as well as two charges of receiving stolen property, at a court hearing last month and was remanded in custody for sentencing alongside Senior.
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