Raid gang due for sentence

Four men will be sentenced for an armed raid on a Sheffield post office when they appear at the city's crown court on Wednesday.

The Heeley Green post office in the south of the city was targeted by the gang on 25 September last year.

All four men, three from Sheffield and one from East Yorkshire, have admitted attempted robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.

Two of the defendants have pleaded guilty to robbery.

The Sheffield men are: Fergie William Cranleigh, 29, of Victoria Avenue, John Clifford Whittaker, 38, of Leighton Road, Gleadless and Mark Steven Davison, 39, of Lichfield Road, Arbourthorne.

Paul Patterson, 38, of Riverdale Road, Swinefleet, East Yorkshire is the fourth defendant.