Crime and court round-up, week commencing March 11

Lancashire Post

It was a busy week for Lancashire Police and the courts.  From convicted killers to a fatal motorway crash and an armed robbery on a Morrisons store - these are the incidents which made the headlines this week...  https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/weekly-round-up-of-lancashire-crimes-and-incidents-4557369?page=1

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00:00 I'm Matthew, Live Reporter for the Lancashire Post and Blackpool Gazette and this is our

00:06 weekly round-up of crimes and incidents from the county this week.

00:09 It was a busy week for Lancashire Police and the court system. From convicted killers to

00:14 a fatal motorway crash and an armed robbery on a Morrison's store, these are the incidents

00:18 which made the headlines this week.

00:22 Staff at the Morrison's Daily Store in Astley Village, Charlie were left shaken after an

00:26 armed robbery on Wednesday night. Armed with a hammer, the pair of thieves stormed inside

00:31 at 9.55pm, just minutes before the shop was due to close, grabbing a member of staff working

00:35 behind the till and demanding money. They terrorised the shop workers, smashing a perspex

00:40 glass shield, ripping it off the counter and threatening the frightened pair with the hammer.

00:46 The thieves fled the scene with approximately £1,000 in cash from the till. Fortunately,

00:50 none of the staff were harmed but the pair, a man and a woman, are said to have been left

00:54 traumatised by the robbery. No arrests have been made at this stage by Lancashire Police.

01:01 Officers are also searching for a missing man, who is also wanted on recall to prison.

01:06 Michael Ridings is missing from his home in Fleetwood. The 70-year-old was last seen on

01:10 Victoria Road West in Cleveland at around 7.40pm on Thursday. He was last seen wearing

01:15 a blue Adidas track suit bottoms, a grey t-shirt and a black gillette, which has brown fur

01:19 around the hood over a blue parka coat. Michael has links to Fleetwood, Cleveley's Blackpool,

01:25 Preston, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. The public have been urged to call 999 with

01:30 immediate sightings of Michael.

01:34 Officers are also searching for a second man wanted on recall to prison. Ashley Barrett

01:38 from Blackburn is wanted on recall. He is of medium build and has brown hair. Officers

01:43 on Thursday released two new CCTV images of Barrett in hopes someone may recognise him.

01:49 If you have any information about his whereabouts, you can call 01254 353 246.

01:58 Police are also investigating the stabbing of a taxi driver in Blackpool. The Hackney

02:03 cab driver was stabbed in the stomach as he sat in his vehicle on Whitegate Drive at around

02:08 11.30pm on Wednesday. His dashcam was also stolen. The victim, a man in his 30s, was

02:14 taken to hospital, but police said he remained in a serious but stable condition on Thursday.

02:19 Officers said the inquiry is still very much in its early stages and further information

02:23 will be released as the inquiry progresses.

02:27 A 58-year-old man exposed himself to children, say police. A man who indecently exposed himself

02:38 in front of children in Burnley has been jailed. Alan Mercer asked the girls to stand guard

02:43 while he went for a wee in the woods close to Lockyer Avenue on Saturday. Having then

02:48 told the victims he had finished, they turned around to find the 58-year-old with his trousers

02:51 around his ankles. Mercer was arrested on Sunday following CCTV inquiries. He was charged with

02:56 exposure on Monday and appeared at Blackburn Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Mercer, formerly

03:01 of Astley Street, Dukenfield, was jailed for 26 weeks. He was also ordered to sign the

03:06 Sex Offenders Register for seven years.

03:09 A teenager has been found guilty of murder. Henry Horton, 19, of Barrison Green, Skersbrick,

03:15 was found guilty of murdering Matthew Dolby, also 19, who died after a stabbing in an arms

03:19 kirk in July last year. He was sentenced to Preston Crown Court at 10am on Friday, March

03:24 15.

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