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George Tunney (inset) and the Co-op petrol station on Great North Way with the ATM he blew up on the right A PROFESSIONAL raider who blew up part of a York petrol station while employees inside feared for their lives has been jailed for 11 years. George Tunney, 24, was part of a York-based gang that toured Yorkshire and the Midlands exploding ATMs by night as they tried to grab the cash inside them. On January 10, 2020, they stole £57,000 from the Co-op service station on Great North Way, Nether Poppleton by blowing up its ATM, said Katherine Robinson, prosecuting. On seeing them arrive the two staff on duty locked themselves into the service station s building and alerted police, fearing that the sparks set off by the gang s angle grinder would ignite petrol on the site. ....
A PROFESSIONAL raider who blew up part of a York petrol station while employees inside feared for their lives has been jailed for 11 years. George Tunney, 24, was part of a York-based gang that toured Yorkshire and the Midlands exploding ATMs by night as they tried to grab the cash inside them. On January 10, 2020, they stole £57,000 from the Co-op service station on Great North Way, Nether Poppleton by blowing up its ATM, said Katherine Robinson, prosecuting. On seeing them arrive the two staff on duty locked themselves into the service station s building and alerted police, fearing that the sparks set off by the gang s angle grinder would ignite petrol on the site. ....