Cashpoint blasters get 53 years

A gang of raiders who exploded gas cylinders to blew cashpoints out of the walls of post offices and garages have been jailed for a total of 53 years. Joel Spears, 31 and Ermias Fekade, 36, and Stephen Fahri, 36, plundered £148,250 in eight raids across the south east. The explosions caused a huge amount of damage to the buildings and terrified local residents. They made £54,000 in one raid alone when they blew the ATM out of the wall…