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A 38-year-old man has been charged after a ram-raid on a jewellers in Preston city centre.
Nicholas Maxwell, of Lorraine Avenue, Fulwood is charged with multiple offences after a silver van smashed its way through the windows of Whittles jewellery shop in Fishergate on Monday evening.

Police were called to the scene after the shop came under attack around 5.30pm. The ram-raid caused extensive damage to the jewellery store, but fortunately no-one was injured and no items were reported stolen.

The van driver fled the scene but was later arrested and taken into custody.
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00:00A shocking video footage shows the moment a jeweller's in Preston City Centre was ram-raided
00:05on Monday. A 30-year-old man has since been charged after a ram-raid on Whittle's Jewellers
00:10in Fishergate on Monday evening around 5.30pm. The ram-raid caused extensive damage to the
00:16jewellery store but fortunately no one was injured and no items were reported stolen.
00:20In the following footage, the van can be seen smashing through the windows of the jewellery
00:25store before what appears to be a security guard or a brave member of the public stands
00:30in the way of the van and refuses to move, forcing the would-be burglar robber to flee
00:38in his van away from the scene. This is the footage that has come to light. Take a look
00:42at it.

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