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Nathan Wellings, 18, admitted being involved in the robberies in Hale Barns and Altrincham, where homeowners were attacked as they had high value jewellery stolen.
They were part of an 18 month crime spree Wellings committed, which only stopped after he was locked up. In one robbery in October last year, a grandmother went downstairs to have breakfast when she was suddenly grabbed.
She saw two men wearing balaclavas, and began to scream to her husband who was upstairs watching TV. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast
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