One of the alleged ‘inside men’ in a £200,000 heist at a John Lewis warehouse has been cleared by a jury.
Przemslaw Chyla, aged 26, of Pleydell Gardens, Far Cotton was found not guilty of conspiring to help a gang of burglars raid the firm’s national distribution centre, at Brackmills, Northampton, on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
The jury at Northampton Crown Court are still out on Mr Chyla’s co-defendant, Krzysztof Bogszewski, aged 33, of Wellington Street, Northampton.
A gang stole iPads, Mac Books and electrical items worth more than £200,000 in a “planned, organised raid”.
Chyla, who was a manager at the warehouse, had effectively been in charge on the night, while Bogszewski, a warehouse porter, was also working on the 2pm to 10pm Saturday shift.