Post office raids accused offered police a deal, Wick jury told
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A MAN accused of being involved in a series of break-ins in Caithness and other parts of the Highlands offered to do a deal with the police, a jury heard today (Thursday).
Matthew Peters told officers he would give them his co-accused, John Hind, “on a plate” if no proceedings were taken against him.
He was said to have made the offer during an interview with Detective Sergeant Steve MacDonald and a colleague on December 11, 2007, at Leyland Police Station in Lancashire.
Hind (54), from Colne in Lancashire, and Peters (40), from Bournemouth, deny stealing £34,497.60 in cash and £10,508.97 in stock from post offices and commercial premises throughout the Highlands between July 27 and October 12, 2007.
They also pleaded not guilty to stealing a car and using it to assault Fort William police officer Andrew Cooper to the danger of his life.
The trial before Sheriff Andrew Berry will resume next week.
For full story see Friday’s John O’Groat Journal.
