Shah Hussain

Burnley Burkha Robbers

Tue, 10/04/2012 - 06:00

Four gang members, who staged a violent attack on Muzzafer’s Jewellers in the Lancashire town of Burnley have been jailed for a total of more than 42 years, the gang included one dressed in a burkha.

Footage obtained form the town’s CCTV showed how one robber posed as a female wearing a burkha to get into the jewellers in Brougham Street, followed immediately by three partners wielding an imitation rifle, a sword, and metal baseball bats.


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