Brothers disguised in Royal Mail waistcoats stole £280k from post office in ‘sham robbery’
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukTwo brothers who entered a Heald Green post office disguised in Royal Mail waistcoats and stole £280,000 have been jailed for their role in a ‘sham robbery’.
Rakib Shah, 26, and Aksar Shah, 29, went into the post office and convenience store on Finney Lane at 1pm on Saturday, December 17 last year, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Once inside the pair, both of Denewell Avenue, Ardwick, demanded any cash to be handed over and a shop assistant, one of two staff members at the post office at the time, opened the safe.
Both staff members' hands were then tied with cables but one managed to escape and went to a neighbouring business where they raised the alarm.
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