Criminal boasts of robbery on Facebook

A dim-witted robber boasted on Facebook about plans to raid a supermarket minutes before being caught red-handed by police.

Andrew Hennells posted a comment on the social networking site reading “Doing. Tesco. Over” at 7.25pm on February 13. Fifteen minutes later Norfolk police were alerted by a member of the public to a man demanding cash at a branch of the store in King’s Lynn.

Armed police were deployed and Hennells was caught with a knife and £410 in stolen cash, the force said.