A pair of hapless crooks, who failed to steal a single penny after using homemade explosives to try and blow up two cash machines, have been jailed. Bungling Jamie Masters, 34, and Wayne Lewis, 42, were caught on CCTV detonating a gas canister at an ATM - with video of the blast having now been released by police. Their makeshift bomb was attached to a gas canister and created a huge blast when it detonated, causing thousands of pounds of damage to the ATM in Witham, Essex. But the explosion failed to open the cash compartment of the machine and the pair walked away with nothing during their 2am attempt on March 22, last year. Read the full story:
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Moment crooks use makeshift explosive to blow up cash machine in blast that left them penniless is revealed as they are jailed for total of 12 years

By Tom Cotterill For Mailonline

Published: 14:51 EDT, 23 March 2023 | Updated: 14:51 EDT, 23 March 2023

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A pair of hapless crooks, who failed to steal a single penny after using homemade explosives to try and blow up two cash machines, have been jailed. Bungling Jamie Masters, 34, and Wayne Lewis, 42, were caught on CCTV detonating a gas canister at an ATM - with video of the blast having now been released by police. Their makeshift bomb was attached to a gas canister and created a huge blast when it detonated, causing thousands of pounds of damage to the ATM in Witham, Essex. But the explosion failed to open the cash compartment of the machine and the pair walked away with nothing during their 2am attempt on March 22, last year. Read the full story:

A pair of hapless crooks, who failed to steal a single penny after using homemade explosives to try and blow up two cash machines, have been jailed. Bungling Jamie Masters, 34, and Wayne Lewis, 42, were caught on CCTV detonating a gas canister at an ATM - with video of the blast having now been released by police. Their makeshift bomb was attached to a gas canister and created a huge blast when it detonated, causing thousands of pounds of damage to the ATM in Witham, Essex. But the explosion failed to open the cash compartment of the machine and the pair walked away with nothing during their 2am attempt on March 22, last year. Read the full story:

A pair of hapless crooks, who failed to steal a single penny after using homemade explosives to try and blow up two cash machines, have been jailed. Bungling Jamie Masters, 34, and Wayne Lewis, 42, were caught on CCTV detonating a gas canister at an ATM – with video of the blast having now been released by police. Their makeshift bomb was attached to a gas canister and created a huge blast when it detonated, causing thousands of pounds of damage to the ATM in Witham, Essex. But the explosion failed to open the cash compartment of the machine and the pair walked away with nothing during their 2am attempt on March 22, last year. Read the full story:

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