Video footage reveals moment man smashes Mercedes into Tesco foyer in ram raid attempt

Shania King-Soyza

15 November 2024 at 4:23 am·2-min read

Video footage has been released after a man attempted a ram raid at a Tesco store in Bishops Cleeve. Jack Bradley, 25, was charged in connection with the attempted ram raid that took place on Wednesday, December 6 last year.

The CCTV footage shows a Mercedes 4x4 vehicle backing into the closed supermarket on Church Road. The camera, which began shaking rigorously due to the crash, followed the car as it attempted to drive further into the store.

Footage from the car park shows a man closing the doors of a Renault transit van while a Mercedes drives away. Once the Mercedes speeds off, the van follows shortly. Gloucester Crown Court heard how Bradley was one of a group of men who attempted to raid the store.

Gloucestershire police also revealed that other footage showed the group clearing the foyer of items such as Christmas wreaths, display shelves and baskets before a Mercedes 4x4 was reversed into metal shutters in an attempt to access the main supermarket.

Despite nothing being stolen, the attempted ram raid cost about £80,000 to repair. The store was also forced to close for the day and is believed to have lost £120,000 in potential sales and staff pay.

Jack Bradley has been sentenced after an attempted ram raid at a Tesco in Bishops Cleeve -Credit:Gloucestershire Police

Investigating officers found Bradley's DNA on a tissue which was left behind in the car park of the supermarket. The Renault transit van he drove to the scene in was reported abandoned hours later and found to have been stolen.

Bradley appeared at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday (November 12) and was sentenced to two years in prison. The sentence is due to run concurrently with a sentence he is currently serving for burglary offences after he was jailed for three years in April. He was also ordered to pay a surcharge of £187.

Investigating officer PC Hancock from the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Vanguard team said: "I am pleased that Bradley has been sentenced as his actions on 6 December last year had a huge impact on those involved.

"It affected the community of Bishop's Cleeve as well as Tesco and its employees. This would've been a very frightening experience for the members of staff who were in the building at the time of the attempted ram raid."

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