Article: Bank raider jailed for 12 years ; A Robber who escaped from a prison van enabling him to take part in a bank raid with machetes has been jailed for 12 years.

A Robber who escaped from a prison van enabling him to take part in a bank raid with machetes has been jailed for 12 years.

Aaron Williams, 22, is the last of five robbers to plead guilty to stealing pounds69,500 from the Nationwide Building Society in Market Place, Pocklington, on March 28, last year.

Williams, of Damask Avenue, Salford, has been jailed up for 12 years after admitting conspiracy to rob and escape at Hull Crown Court.

Judge Simon Jack said: "It was carried out professionally with advance planning.

"The robbers wore balaclavas and a machete was used. That must have been absolutely terrifying for the security guard."

The masked robbers armed themselves with machetes and held ...

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