An offender was thrown from the window of a white van as it went round a roundabout the wrong way. The high speed pursuit through two counties involved over 20 officers and two helicopters. It resulted in four men being sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison after admitting robbery at a Nantwich jewellers. Lewis Chalmers, 27, from Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Patrick David Massey, 26, from Salford, Darren James McAndrew, 32, from Newton Heath and Joseph Anthony Schofield, 20, from Manchester, appeared at Warrington Crown Court on 21 November 2016 to be sentenced. The robbery was reported to police at 11.18am on Wednesday 27 July 2016. Offenders wearing balaclavas smashed a hole in the window and stole watches before making off in the van.
