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Armed robbers found guilty of Chester jewel raid

ARMED robbers whose jewellery shop raid brought terror to Chester’s city centre has been brought to justice.

Three men have been jailed for robbing Waltons of Chester in August 2006.

They were arrested after a painstaking nationwide police investigation which included a Crimewatch television reconstruction.

Simon Waller, 29, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and his accomplices Elliott Albert Burton, 38, and Luke Aaron Nash, 24, were found guilty of the same offence after a two-week trial.

Full story in the Main edition of Friday’s Chronicle.

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