The men, from Brent, Islington, Cricklewood and Hatfield smashed their way into the capital’s corner shops, convenience and department stores before making off with expensive goods using powerful stolen cars.
They stashed the cigarettes, jewellery and silverware stolen between January 2020 and September 2022 in isolated areas, such as a churchyard.
But after being caught red-handed by Met Police officers, Lewis Northover, Scott Logan, Sean Bennett and Sachon Morgan have been sentenced to jail.
The video shows the men cutting through metal shutters, smashing their way through shop windows and raiding counters to secure their haul, often in full view of the public.
A high level of planning
Stolen cars were driven to shops in north London and the home counties, where they were able to quickly enter due to a high level of preparation, with each member having a specific role to play.
Between January and September 2022 members of the criminal gang carried out in the region of 100 burglaries – with the value of property stolen and damage caused exceeding £1,000.000.
Between 8 April 2024 and 9 January 2025 Northover, Logan and Morgan targeted more than 35 convenience stores, electronics shops and a department store.
On several occasions they travelled to south London targeting jewellery stores.
The arrests
Detectives placed the suspects under surveillance and followed the stolen vehicles – an Audi RS6 and VW T-Roc – to a barn near Waltham Abbey.
On January 9, Northover, Logan and Morgan targeted an electronics store in north west London.
When they returned with the stolen goods to the storage location, they found Flying Squad officers lying in wait.
Logan and Morgan were arrested in possession of the stolen goods, an angle grinder used in the burglaries and high powered electric bikes. Northover was arrested in the following weeks.
He said that he had been paid to store them in his outbuilding.
Northover, Logan and Morgan entered guilty pleas before the trial, while Sean Bennett entered a guilty plea on the first day at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday, June 23, 2025.
Detective Chief Inspector Scott Mather, of the Met’s Flying Squad, who led the investigation, said: “Northover, Logan, Bennett and Morgan were part of an organised criminal network who horrified shopkeepers and communities with a series of raids.
“They thought that acting quickly and escaping in high-powered vehicles meant that they were above the law. They were wrong.
“Officers tracked them down through diligent forensic work, digging through CCTV and carrying out surveillance.
“Their hard work shows how the force is taking the fight to criminal gangs and committed to supporting the local communities they intimidate and threaten.”
Gang members jailed
Lewis Northover, 31, of Fry Road, Brent, was sentenced to six years and nine months for conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between January 2020 and September 2022 and conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between April 2024 and January 2025. He was also given a Serious Crime Prevention Order.
Scott Logan, 36, of Hazellville Road, Islington, was sentenced to six years and nine months for conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between January 2020 and September 2022 and conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between April 2024 and January 2025. He was also given a Serious Crime Prevention Order.
Sean Bennett, 38, of Marshmoor Lane, Hatfield, was sentenced to four years and ten months for conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between January 2020 and September 2022 and a separate count of handling stolen goods re. £80,000.00 of silverware found at his address upon arrest. He also faces a £2,550 cash seizure.
Sachon Morgan, 33, of Cricklewood Lane, Cricklewood, was sentenced to two years and seven months for conspiracy to commit burglary and handling stolen goods between April 2024 and January 2025.
