Three sentenced after 'fake robbery' plot at Cranleigh betting shop
Police became suspicious after staff members claimed a suspect had taken money.
Three people have been sentenced to jail for faking a robbery at a Cranleigh betting shop.
It follows a report on 20 May 2018, by two employees at Betfred.
They described a suspect who they claimed had taken £6,000 - but police became suspicious and investigated further.
The two former colleagues who worked at the betting shop - Kiziah Annan, 23, of The Ridgeway, Cranleigh and Lewis Phillips, 24, of High Street, Guildford - pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal and perverting the course of justice.
Annan’s ex-boyfriend Julius Lewis, 22, of Selsdon Road, Croydon, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal.
Annan received a nine month custodial sentence and Lewis Phillips a four month sentence suspended for two years.
Phillips was also ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid work and pay £2000 in compensation and £1500 in costs.
Julius Lewis received a five week custodial sentence suspended for two years.
He was also ordered to pay £2000 in compensation and £1500 in costs.
Detective Constable Kerry Plumb said: "Annan and Phillips completely gave themselves away in the way they behaved with the attending officers and it quickly became evident that the ‘robbery’ had been staged. Lewis's involvement in this was also shortly identified.
"The sentences reflect the fact that the suspects’ deception was premeditated by them as a group, and that two of them were willing to steal from their employer and thought they could get away with it."