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Robbing London Sportsbooks With A Fake Shotgun

Though we don't know what drove Brett Mullan to take such drastic measures, we do know that he was relatively successful in robbing sportsbooks in and around London. That is, until the 5th adventure. He foolishly gave his real name to a ticket inspector on the train he was using to travel to the heist. Armed with this information, the police were able to track him both to and from his own house. By using a walking stick as a pretend shotgun, he was destined to fall hard under the law.

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Man Caught Robbing London Sportsbooks With a Fake Shotgun

In a crime that harkens back to the golden age of gangsters in the 1950s and 60s, a man used to walking stick as a fake shotgun whilst robbing London sportsbooks. For his efforts, he will be spending the next 10 years in her majesty’s most basic accommodation. Better known as a prison. So amateur was his approach, he might have been better off joining the tennis mafia.

Brett Mullan, 50, put a collapsible walking stick in a plastic bag. He then uses this to threaten sportsbook employees in various betting shops when robbing London sportsbooks. When you consider the possible repercussions of such a crime, and the amount he was able to bag was a paltry £2,780, it seems hardly worth the effort and the risk. Pretending you’re going to shoot someone is probably not the best strategy to increase your jackpot winning chances. Here at Jackpotfinder.com, we believe the only shooting should be that seen in the casino table game of craps at 22Bet Casino.

Flying Squad On The Case

Being an absolute amateur, the Gravesend resident gave his real name to a ticket inspector en route to robbing London sportsbooks on Burnt Ash Road. Armed with this information, the police were able to use CCTV footage to track his movements to all the robberies by railway, from his home in North Kent.

On searching Mullin’s place of residence, the police discovered the walking stick. The Flying Squad, a branch of London’s Metropolitan Police Service dedicated to investing in robberies and violent crime, were then able to put the pieces together. As a result, they were able to track similar robberies in Lee, Norwood Sutton, and Crayford. All took place between the dates of April the 4th to the 24th. The next day, on April the 25th, the man was arrested whilst leaving his home for robbing London sportsbooks. All and all, Mullan pleaded guilty to 5 counts of robbery. As well as five counts of possessing an imitation firearm for criminal purposes.

Robbing London Sportsbooks Doesn’t Pay

Detective Constable Carl Stallabras, a member of the flying squad talked frankly about Mullins’s crimes of robbing London sportsbooks. “Mullan terrified members of the public and staff at the bookmakers. They were going about their normal lives when he demanded cash. He made threats of serious violence,” said Stallabras. “Those people feared for their lives. But a simple mistake on his way to the second offence was all we needed to track him down. From there on, the wealth of evidence we obtained left him no choice but to plead guilty.”

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For his failed attempts, Brett Mullan landed a 10-year prison sentence at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday.