Five men have been jailed for a total of 31 years and nine months after carrying out cash machine raids at a hospital, train station, post office and shops across the West Midlands. They took cash totalling a quarter of a million pounds, breaking into buildings to get hold of the machines, and leaving destruction in their wake. During one raid in September last year at Trent Valley Post Office in Lichfield they removed bollards, broke down the door and attached a heavy-duty cargo strap to the ATM, wrenching it out using a van causing significant damage as shelves came tumbling down. The following month, they targeted ... (full story)