Officers from across Northumbria Police have worked together to secure convictions following Stephen and John McCabe’s day of offending on April 4 last year, which began when they kicked through the glass doors of a petrol station in Gateshead in the early hours.

The pair then threatened the shop assistant, who was forced to hide in a back office, while they stole alcohol and vapes.

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