The elaborate plot rob a brand new Sainsbury's... and the inside man who made it happen

A gang of burglars plotted to steal £14,000 from a new Sainsbury's using an 'inside man' who'd helped build the supermarket. Carpenter Radas Balkevicius, 32, had worked on the construction of the store on Manchester Road, Warrington, and had been given a key and fob to access the premises.

He passed these on to co-conspirators Jesse Orme, 32, Joseph Orme, 36, Richard Mattock, 46, Liam Jackson, 32, and Christopher Ward, 33, who used them to access the shop, disable the alarms and raid the tills, the Liverpool Echo reports.

All six men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. Balkevicius, of Eskbank in Skelmersdale, Jesse Orme, of Woodbridge Close in Romford, and Mattock, of no fixed abode, appeared for sentence at at Liverpool Crown Court.

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The crime began on June 23, 2022, when the men travelled from Essex to Warrington in a white Vauxhall Astra and a white Mercedes Sprinter van. After arriving, the registrations plates were changed in an attempt to evade the police.

CCTV footage from the early hours of June 24 showed the suspects approaching the Sainsbury’s store on foot and disabling the alarm panel using the key and fob obtained from Balkevicius. Once inside, they forced entry to the self-service tills and stole the cash. They then left the shop through the rear door, carrying two plastic bags which contained cash and cigarettes.

Moments after exiting the store, the Vauxhall Astra was spotted leaving the area and turning right onto Manchester Road. The