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11th October 2000: Thugs Dean Sykes and Lenny Larkin attempt to rob supermarket Frescho just before closing time. Much to their dismay, the till is almost empty and the safe is on a time delay, so they will have to wait until 6am to access its £20,000 holdings. In the meantime, they take the staff and customers hostage and confiscate their mobile phones. The hostages manage to get help when smoke from a barbeque sets the fire alarm off, and Ashley Peacock uses his phone, which he hid on a shelf, to contact his wife Maxine. The fire brigade finds the building locked and contact the police. The stalemate ends when the police break in and DI Emma Taylor shoots Dean, while Fred Elliott safely disarms Lenny.
 * For more information see Episode 4908 (11th October 2000).