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Stephen Anthony Dunne avoids jail for ‘Mission Impossible’ ATM plot
A man used “Mission Impossible-style” tactics to break into cash-loaded automatic teller machines by entering through roofs and cutting into the machines with a grinder, a court has been told.
The court heard Irishman Stephen Anthony Dunne started as the scout for a group primarily targeting Suncorp ATMs across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, but ended up committing the crimes on his own and roping a friend into his final string of offences.
The attacks were described as protracted, organised and persistent, causing nearly half a million dollars’ worth of damage and lost profits.
Dunne, who had pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of enter premises and commit indictable offence by break, sat quietly through his sentencing at…
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