Trio convicted after threatening girl with machete during raid on Castlemilk house
Puppies worth £8,000 were also stolen in the robbery last August
Last updated 22nd Jan 2020
Three men have been convicted of being involved in a robbery in Glasgow, in which a machete was held at the throat of a 10-year-old girl.
Puppies were also stolen when Ben Murphy, 19, Liam Kinsella, 27, and Samuel Durnion, 21, smashed into the house of Leanne Hodge in Castlemilk last August.
One of the armed raiders grabbed a young girl there and screamed: “Where is your f*g dad?”
As Leanne and others then hid for safety, the gang grabbed eight three-week old Bull Mastiff pups valued at £8,000.
A high-profile appeal was later launched to try and find the robbers and the dogs.
A judge heard the trio were snared – with Murphy helping get himself caught by leaving a letter and his passport nearby.
It also emerged Kinsella helped carry out another armed raid at the home of his ex-boss days earlier.
The three are now behind bars after they admitted acting with others in the assault and robbery at Leanne's house.
Kinsella also pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to the other raid at a house in Wishaw.
They will be sentenced next month.
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