brazen burglars break into jails workshop
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:01 pm
BRAZEN burglars cut through a perimeter fence — to break INTO a jail workshop.
The crafty thieves made the unlikely decision to cut their way through the perimeter to gain access to HMP Sudbury, in Derbyshire, before wrenching open the door of a workshop and making off with £1,000 of tools.
It appears they managed to make a hole in the fence before stealing the metalwork kit from the open prison, which is home to 581 inmates.
Staff only discovered the break-in when they arrived for work and reported it to police on Monday.
One inmate, returning from day release to Sudbury, said: "Everyone will find this hilarious."
Another prisoner, also on day release, said: "How can they be expected to keep the prisoners in if they can't keep the burglars out?"
The thieves got away with oxyacetylene cylinders, hoses and tools.
Built as a hospital for the US Air Force for the D-Day landings, HMP Sudbury was converted to a prison in 1948.
:yh_rotfl:wah::yh_worshp:yh_sweat
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The crafty thieves made the unlikely decision to cut their way through the perimeter to gain access to HMP Sudbury, in Derbyshire, before wrenching open the door of a workshop and making off with £1,000 of tools.
It appears they managed to make a hole in the fence before stealing the metalwork kit from the open prison, which is home to 581 inmates.
Staff only discovered the break-in when they arrived for work and reported it to police on Monday.
One inmate, returning from day release to Sudbury, said: "Everyone will find this hilarious."
Another prisoner, also on day release, said: "How can they be expected to keep the prisoners in if they can't keep the burglars out?"
The thieves got away with oxyacetylene cylinders, hoses and tools.
Built as a hospital for the US Air Force for the D-Day landings, HMP Sudbury was converted to a prison in 1948.
:yh_rotfl:wah::yh_worshp:yh_sweat
Read more: Crafty crooks break INTO jail | The Sun |News