Grenadier Guards ‘held up seven shops in three days’

Three serving squaddies of the Queen’s elite Grenadier Guards took part in seven armed robberies on shops in just three days, a court heard. Kristopher James-Merrill, 20, and Marlon Wright, 25, allegedly teamed up with Dillon Sharpe, 22, in the raids across south London during July 2018. The masked robbers carried imitation firearm and knives as they terrorised the owners of newsagents and off-licences, Kingston Crown Court heard. James-Merrill and Wright deny involvement in the offences while, jurors were told…