A prolific burglar who stole £30,000 of clothes from a Flannels store in Southport made off with £80,000 in an “almost identical” robbery a year later.
John Bishop, 33, of HMP Hindley, formerly of Fazakerley, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday via video link after pleading guilty to one count of burglary. David Watson, prosecuting, detailed that on February 12, 2021, a member of the public saw at least three people, including Bishop, outside the Flannels store in Tulketh Street, Southport.
Between 8.30 and 9pm, the witness saw the group, all wearing dark clothing with their heads covered, using a grinder on a bollard outside the shop. Mr Watson said: “The offenders cut the locks from the bollards outside Flannels and then cut a square in the corner of the shutter.
