Overview
- Durham Constabulary released the CCTV on YouTube and Facebook, pairing it with the caption, “It’s not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get back up.”
- The video shows Andrew Pickering entering through the ceiling and repeatedly falling from a ladder before exiting via a door, with reports differing on whether he fell four or six times.
- Police said the burglary caused about £3,219 in losses and damage at the Ouston service station.
- A forensic examination found blood at the scene that officers later confirmed belonged to Pickering.
- Pickering was sentenced at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court to 12 months in prison on two burglary counts, and accomplice Daniel Reay received a community order with treatment requirements.