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Thieves Pose As Mannequins, Steal Multi-million Naira Designer Clothes

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The thieves posed side by side with real mannequins, and waited patiently until the store closed. Then they went for the kill!

The following morning, the store owners watched the CCTV with horror as the thieves moved effortlessly through the aisles, selecting expensive clothes and other designer stuff that caught their fancy.

At the end of the heist, the thieves made away with clothes worth approximately £10,000. They left the store via a fire escape, setting off fire alarms.

The heist took place at a Beales store in Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom.

Although Sussex Police have appealed for information that could lead to their arrest, the thieves have continued to be on the run.

Said a shop assistant, “They must have secreted themselves and pretended to be mannequins.

“They probably dressed in clothes identical to those worn by the mannequins and stood there, not moving a muscle till the shop shut and everyone went home.

“They took oilskin jackets, high-end designer clothes and the like.

“It showed incredible nerve — the store is equipped from top to bottom with sensor alarms and cameras.

“They must have stood there with the mannequins, not daring to move a muscle — imagine if they wanted to sneeze or had an itch they couldn’t scratch!”

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: “We are investigating after the break-in was reported at Beales store in South Street.

“Clothing was stolen and the burglars left the store through the fire escape, which set off the alarm. It is not clear how they got in.

“Officers are continuing to investigate. Anyone who saw anything or has any information is asked to contact police on 101 or on Crimestoppers anonymously.”

A Beales spokesman said: “We do not wish to comment now.”

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Robbers Kill Bank Customer, Steal N5m

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A middle aged man, Chidobe Nkem, was on Monday shot dead by a four-man armed robbery gang who intersected his vehicle at the Government Reserved Area (GRA) in Warri Urban after being trailed from the bank and stolen N5 million from him.
The deceased, a driver who was accompanied by Mr. Maxwell Adibe, a manager (both staff of a Marine Company, Smu-Tuns Nigeria Ltd) were drove in a C-Class Mercedes-Benz to the bank, along Airport Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area.
The manager got into the banking hall at about 8.34am and withdrew N5 million on behalf of the company. He joined the driver who waited for him inside the car.
As they were returning to the office with the cash, they were trailed by a metallic coloured Toyota Corolla car.
Daily Sun learnt that it was right from the popular Link Road, off Ajamimogha Road while trying to negotiate into the GRA that the robbers fired the first shot from behind through to the rear glass of the car which hit the driver at the back.
The driver who had thought he could manage to escape with the bullet injury, however, did not go far before the robbers intercepted his car at Mabiaku Junction and crashed the car on the fence of a building.
Sensing that the driver could no longer continue, the manager quickly ran out of the car and took refuge in a near-by building, leaving the driver alone at the mercy of the robbers.
The bandits shot into the air before escaping with the money.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) ‘A Division’,  CSP Kevin Izuokumor, confirmed the incident and said the police are on the trail of the robbers.

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Electrician jailed 3 months for stealing N11,000 phone

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A Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old electrician, Abdulgafar Musa to three months in prison for stealing a Nokia phone valued N11,000.

Musa, of No. 66, Shehu Street, Jos, was charged with theft.

The Magistrate, Mr Jovita Binjin, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for leniency.

In his plea, the convict said “It was the devil’s hand work; jobs are not coming and I needed money to eat and also give help to my ailing mum.

“I will not do it again, have mercy on me,” he pleaded.

Binjin, however, sentenced the convict to three months imprisonment or pay an option of N3,000 fine.

The Magistrate added that the sentence is to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Sgt. Thomas Amuku told the court that one Madina Adamu of the NDLEA, Rikkos, Jos, reported the matter at the A Division police station on Sept. 18.

Amuku said that the defendant went into the complainant’s house and stole her Nokia phone valued at N11, 000.

He said during police investigation the defendant confessed to have sold the said phone to one Abel Augustine of Gada Biyu Street, Jos for N3,000.

The prosecutor added that the offence contravened the provision of Section 287 of the Penal Code.

Rustlers Invade Fulani Settlement In Taraba, Steal 600 Cattle

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More than 600 cattle were stolen while three were herdsmen killed by cattle rustlers at Gareji village of Wukari local government area in Taraba state midnight on Sunday. This brings to 17, 500 cattle stolen in Taraba in the last three years, the chairman Miyyetti Allah Association of Nigeria Taraba state branch, Alhaji Mafindi Danbauran said.

He said the rustler about ten in number and well-armed invaded the Fulani settlement at Gareji mid night and carted away the animals.

The chairman stated that during the attack, three herds men were killed while some women were abducted to unknown locations.

He said some local tribes’ men were suspected to be behind the attack as they were responsible of similar attacks in the past.

Alhaji Danburan said the number of cows stolen in the state by cattle rustlers from 2013 to date was 17500 while over 200 herds men were killed by the rustlers.

He called on the federal government to set up special task force on cattle rustling in the state to safe guard the herdsmen and their animals.

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BIZARRE: Woman Stabs, Slit Open Pregnant Friend’s Stomach To Steal Baby

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On Friday, 22-year-old Angelikque Sutton was supposed to marry Patrick Bradley, the father of the child she had carried inside her for nearly nine months. Instead, she was gruesomely murdered by a friend who cut her baby out of her womb and pretended the child was hers.

“It’s my baby!” is what Ashleigh Wade, also 22, reportedly told cops when they arrived at her Bronx apartment and found her sitting on the stoop with bloody hands. The boyfriend whom she called and asked to come over “because she did something really bad,” was cradling Sutton’s baby in his jacket. Inside Wade’s apartment lay the body of her friend which had been stabbed several times in the neck and torso; across her stomach was a deep gash from where Wade cut the baby out of her. In the bathroom, authorities found the placenta and umbilical cord, which Wade cut herself; a bloody knife laid nearby.

Wade initially tried to convince police she’d given birth to the baby herself but eventually confessed that she’d stabbed Sutton “as many times as she could” in self-defense. Wade claimed Sutton tried to attack her with a knife and after wrestling it away from her she then stabbed her friend in the neck and only cut her stomach open to save the baby. Wade was taken into custody at the scene and transferred to Elmhurst Center Hospital in Queens Saturday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. She has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.

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