A ram raid gang used JCBs to tear out cash machines in high streets across Britain, stealing more than £400,000. Joseph Upton, John Smith, Albert Smith, John Christopher Smith and Alfred Stanley targeted 12 banks over a nine-month period, making off with more than £300,000 from the ATMs. They also burgled six homes, stealing cars and jewellery worth more than £100,000 as well as leaving a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage in their wake. A ram raid gang used JCBs to tear out cash machines in high streets across Britain, stealing more than £400,000 Joseph Upton, John Smith, Albert Smith, John Christopher Smith and Alfred Stanley targeted 12 banks over a nine-month periodFive-man gang made off with £400,000 from JCB raids on banks and homesThey stole more than £300,000 from cash machines over nine-month periodMen also burgled six homes, stealing cars and jewellery worth £100,000Raids took place in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and SuffolkAll five men admitted involvement in burglaries that caused 'misery'
Upton, Stanley, John Smith and _ were each jailed for 10 years for an attack on an isolated farm in October 2012.