Ram-raiders were caught on camera smashing their way into a store – to steal a huge haul of single malt whisky. CCTV footage captured the moment Gary Hay and Peter Winks forced entry into a Co-Op store with a stolen grey Ford Transit van.
The impact saw the door cave in before Hay, dressed in a long coat and tweed hat, squeezes through the dislodged entrance. He then emerges back onto camera trying to carry a large number of bottles of whisky.
The haul is so large he drops some of the booze to the floor and scrambles to try and retrieve them. Winks, 45, is also seen trying to assist him before the pair get back into the van and drive away from the store in Dundee.
View 2 ImagesThey stole whisky from a Co-Op in Dundee(Image: COPFS / SWNS)
A court heard the whisky collection included three bottles of 70cl Glen Scotia, Timorous Beastie, Creagdhu and Old Pulteney. The total value of the alcohol taken during the incident just after 4am on March 8 was around £600.
The pair both pleaded guilty to stealing the whisky and the £68,200 van from Enterprise Hay has now been jailed for 34 months and Winks for 33-and-a-half months.
Footage of the incident was released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) after the conviction.
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