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Jailed: man who twice robbed elderly victim
Accrington Observer
|June 27, 2025
A MAN from Accrington has been jailed for almost a decade after robbing an elderly man.
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Michael Boothby targeted a vulnerable man in his own home twice in the space of just two days. Boothby carried out a robbery and a distraction robbery over the short space of time, targeting a man in his 60s.
The robberies took place in February this year in the early hours of the morning. At around 5.10am on Febru-
ary 7, the victim heard banging on the front door at his address in Accrington.
This story is from the June 27, 2025 edition of Accrington Observer.
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