DOUBLE TROUBLE

A gun-toting father and son duo have been sentenced to 33 years in prison for attempting an “audacious” daylight raid on a security bank.

Mark Roberts, 23, and Andrew Roberts, 42, were sentenced at the Central Criminal Court today for attempting to rob a security guard outside the Allied Irish Bank in Finchley Road, north London, last year. The pair will be imprisoned for a number of serious offences, including robbery, possession of a firearm with intent to commit robbery, and resisting arrest.

Innocent civilians were put in danger as Mark Roberts fled, shooting into the street and resisting arrest.

DS Neil Williamson of Finchley Flying Squad said: “The sentence today should send a stark message to those engaged in this type of criminality.”

Written 16/11/07