On 19th November 2013 Kevin Bloor and his 2 children including their friend were having tea whilst his wife Claire had gone out with their eldest child to do some christmas shopping. Whilst they were finishing up 5 men in Balaclavas armed with knives and machetes bursted into the kitchen terrifying Kevin and the children, one pushed Kevin down onto the floor and the children had their hands tied up. They were then taken up to the main bedroom where they took jewellery from the safe, and Kevin was forced to drive 2 of his attackers to his place of business whilst the children were left behind with 3 of the offenders. Once there they took Gold bars, bags of diamonds, platinum wedding rings and they took other silver metals, the men then demanded to know where the CCTV recorder was, but they took the wrong part leaving behind crucial evidence. After that Kevin was reunited with the children, they had their ankles tied while Kevin was out, they were forced into a wardrobe and were told not to come out for an hour or they would be killed. Afterwards they escaped unhurt but traumatised by the events, since then they’ve improved security at the property and the warehouse. This was a well planned organised crime, these men are vile, cruel, reckless, dangerous and they need to be stopped.
Appeal Points:
The gang involved may have boasted about the burglary but not what they did to the children.
They were wearing red and black worker/garden gloves.
They were armed with knives and Machetes.
One of them had a Trespass logo on his jacket and is definitely the leader.
The other had 3 Adidas stripes on his trousers.
The gang have strong connections to Manchester.
If you know who they are contact Derbyshire Police on the incident room: 0300 122 8606
Or you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
Derbyshire Police are offering a £25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the offenders
But also think about the effect that this offence had on those children.
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