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Two men on trial accused of being part of 'professional' team of robbers who struck 29 times

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hereThe majority of the robberies were carried at Co-op or McColls convenience stores, jurors were told.A pub and a bureau de change at a Sainsbury's store in Altrincham were also targeted.In CCTV footage played at a Manchester Crown Court trial, a female shop worker at a McColls store in Warrington could be seen being dragged along the ground by one offender.Prosecuting, Henry Blackshaw said that machetes were brandished during the robberies, which involved cash and cigarettes being stolen.

Opening the prosecution case on Friday afternoon, Mr Blackshaw told jurors: "This was professional, organised criminality, and the people involved in it took care to plan and execute their crimes in such a way as to make it difficult for the police to.

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