A pair who stole £100,000 worth of stock from Footasylum in a sophisticated plot have been jailed. Warehouse manager Matthew Southern, 31, and supervisor Jamie Hart, 34, organised the removal of numerous pallets of stocks into waiting lorries in Rochdale before they were sent off for onward sale.
Other warehouse staff who filled the trucks were completely unaware that they were helping shift the stolen goods, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Join our FREE Manchester Crime and Court WhatsApp group by clicking here Hart then deleted some of the missing stock from the company systems.
The scheduled lorries and removal of the stock was not authorised through the company, and the pair were brought to justice after being caught on CCTV.
Both have since admitted an offence of theft by employee and were jailed at Minshull Street Crown Court this week (Tuesday, August 22).
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