Six men behind a awell in the pipeline and sophisticateda robbery at a Bromwich bank were today beginning a mixed jail term of almost 60 years. Prime l to r: Ashley Douglas, Shakeel Rafiq, Akim Lyazi Bottom l to r: Ibrahim Lyazi, Mohammed Masud, Jamal Mahmood Three stormed the Co-op bank, High Street, at opening time, threatened two female team with batons and left in a car driven by a fourth member with A130,000. Two others ordered the raid a' but used a gymnasium at the M5 junction one, West Bromwich, as a lookout and to provide an alibi if caught. After a seven-week trial, all six were convicted of conspiracy to rob by a Warwickshire Crown Court jury in January. At Birmingham Crown Court, Judge Simon Drew QC gave Shakeel Rafiq, aged 31, of Roebuck Lane, West Bromwich to ten years and said he was an aorchestrator.a He got information regarding the bank while in a relationship with bank staff Natalie Mashhadi a present at the division during the assault. He and Mohammed Masud, 30, of Roebuck Lane, West Bromwich, Rafiq hired a London group for the raid a later spending them A40,000 from the stolen cash. Masud got five years. The group were Ashley Douglas, 29, of Lambeth, twins Ibrahim and Akim Lyazi, 19, of Tooting, and Jamal Mahmood, 23, of Wandsworth. A 12-year sentence was got by douglas. Others got twenty. All the men refused conspiracy to rob but five, excluding Masud, mentioned conspiracy to take. They said Ms Mashhadi and other robbery target Rebecca Maxam were part of the plot a' but jurors regarded the raid to become a robbery. Judge Drew said: aMr Rafiq found out about the one branch and how the branch was clearly vulnerable to assault a' he played a vital part and it appears to me that he was central to the plan. aThis was a well planned and professionally executed plan. That case involved a serious breach of trust involving inside information by way of a bank employee. The other target was a susceptible person, a female checking a and surrounded by those active in the operation.a The jury saw CCTV footage of the Lyazi brothers and Douglas, with faces lined, enter while the bank opened on Saturday, November 26, 2011. Women were seen being grabbed and pushed into the back. They certainly were then told to hand over keys for the strongroom where money was kept. Banknotes were crammed into holdalls ahead of the three got into a BMW driven by Mahmood. Five were arrested in subsequent days. Ibrahim Lyazi escaped as police arrived but dropped a bag with A40,000, making records spread down the street. He was in the course of time arrested in June. Afterward Chief Inspector Paul Bett said: aWe welcome the phrases and hope it sends out a definite message. If people commit violent criminal acts we are willed by us follow them and bring them prior to the courts.a The bank today accepted the sentence. The sentences are welcomed by a statement said: "We presented at Birmingham Crown Court this week following an event at our former division in West Bromwich. "Whilst we are unable to share certain details, security and the welfare of our colleagues are of the most value to us, and all such arrangements are kept by us under regular review to safeguard colleagues at all times"
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