Gang jailed for six-week robbery spree

Three men have been jailed for a total of 23 years over a string of armed robberies across north London.

Yousef Koleilat, 22, Jotkar Hussein, 21, and Patou Mayamba, 22, admitted involvement in a six-week crime spree.

In March, two armed men entered William Hill bookmakers in Willoughby Lane, Upper Edmonton, and threatened staff, but left empty-handed after the alarm was raised.

The next day two men stole £786 from a bookmakers in Highgate Hill after pointing a handgun at workers. Six more raids took place between March 19 and April 14.

At Harrow crown court, Koleilat, of Tottenham; Hussein, of Stamford Hill; and Mayamba, of no fixed address, were given nine, six and eight years in prison respectively after admitting conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to carry a firearm with criminal intent.