Bungling robbers pretended to be Scousers

They threatened a terrified shopkeeper11:22, 02 Aug 2026Two men pretended they were from Liverpool as they raided a shop. Stephen Bradley, 56, of New Street in New Mills, Derbyshire, and David Oakley, 48, of no fixed abode, burst into Maddy’s Store in New Mills, a town in Derbyshire, on November 26 last year wearing balaclavas.‌They threatened a terrified shopkeeper with a knife and a fake gun. The pair demanded cash from the till before making off with £4,000 worth of cigarettes, £200 in cash and nine bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey.‌But instead of making a clean getaway, the masked raiders started bickering over who would carry the loot. Using the fake name “Charles”, one ordered the other to put the stolen cash in his pocket, only to be met with a flat refusal.‌The crooks were also hear