SIX men have been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison after posing as police officers and stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from trusting members of the public.
Steven Nutting, aged 31, was sentenced to six years and six months at Leicester Crown Court.
The five other men, Wayne Vakani, 29, Shraine Tumber, 30, Ibrahim Razak, 29, Dale Robinson, 27, and Benjamin Chisholm, 29, all from Leicestershire, were all sentenced at Northampton Crown Court at an earlier hearing, in July.
Between September 2009 and May 2010, the group committed seven burglaries, five in Leicester, one in Northampton and one in Nottingham.
They posed as police officers and on one occasion a tax officer, targeting businesses and members of the public at their home addresses.
The men, in groups of three to five, approached the victims and told them that they were being investigated by police for offences including drugs, illegal immigration, tax offences and firearms.
They were then threatened with arrest if they didn’t co-operate.
Police say victims had their hands tied, their heads covered and were told they would be shot if they did not co-operate.
They stole cash, jewellery and electronic goods,
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