Overview
- The trio, sentenced Tuesday at Liverpool Crown Court, received prison terms of six years and eight months for twins Carl and Lee Kettle and three years and eight months for Barry Dillon.
- Merseyside Police released CCTV that shows burglars lifting heavy cutting gear from beside a fire engine and covering a camera with a sticker.
- Prosecutors said the group stole high‑powered cars, broke into fire stations for specialist cutting tools, scouted supermarket sites, and disabled cameras and sensors to cut open cash machines.
- The offences stretched from January 2020 to April 2025 across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Nottinghamshire, and prosecutors put ATM takings at about £1.3m with roughly £552,675 usable after dye packs spoiled the rest.
- Merseyside Police opened an online portal for CCTV, doorbell and dashcam uploads to aid ongoing enquiries into linked burglaries.