Tiny sentences for the gas gang

A gang of four armed robbers who blew up cash machines with welding gas bottles have been jailed for less than 13 years between them. James Whitlock, 32, Callum Brown, 26, Sonny Hagland, 26 and Glen Friend, 26 stole £290,660 from cash machines inside 13 takeaways and other small businesses. The gang used stolen oxy-acetylene to blow up the ATMs and left buildings filled with smoke as they fled the scene, causing £73,240 worth of damage. Gas canisters were planted…