Porsche car parts gang locked up for more than 50 years over violent armed robbery of Leeds garage owner

Five people who plotted violent robbery at a Leeds garage in which parts for a rare Porsche sports car were stolen have been jailed for a total of more than 50 years.
By Tony Gardner
Published 5th Dec 2019, 17:00 GMT
Updated 5th Dec 2019, 19:46 GMT
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A garage owner was tied-up, pistol whipped, hit with a machete and told he would be shot during the targeted raid worth around £140,000.

Detectives launched a complex investigation to track down those involved, including locating and extraditing ringleader Owen Walcott back to the UK from Bulgaria where he was in hiding.

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Operation Axleford was launched in response the armed robbery at a business in Water Lane, Holbeck, which specialises in the repair of heavily-damaged, high-value

Robbery conspiracy ringleader Owen Walcott was jailed for 13 years over raid on Leeds garage in which around 140,000 worth of Porsche car parts were stolen.Robbery conspiracy ringleader Owen Walcott was jailed for 13 years over raid on Leeds garage in which around 140,000 worth of Porsche car parts were stolen.
Robbery conspiracy ringleader Owen Walcott was jailed for 13 years over raid on Leeds garage in which around 140,000 worth of Porsche car parts were stolen.

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At the time of the robbery in September 2015, the business owner had been completing the repair of a red Porsche Carrera GT, valued between

£600,000 and £800,000.

A man called Fazal Wahseem, who he had previously done work for, had taken ownership of a number of parts for the car in settlement of a debt owed by the