A KIRKBY man has admitted taking part in a £70,000 robbery at a house near Widnes said to have left a woman traumatised.
The woman was home alone in Cronton when three men burst into the isolated property at around 4.40pm on November 30 last year.
The masked intruders stole “a large amount of cash, expensive jewellery and high value watches” worth approximately £70,000 in total.
Police and paramedics attended the scene after the victim, described as being “traumatised” by the incident, ran to a neighbour’s property.
Kevin Burke, 29, and Liam McCabe, 24, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court this morning charged with robbery.
Burke, of Rhosesmor Terrace in Southdene, appeared via video link from HMP Liverpool.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery.
McCabe, of Roughdale Avenue in Kirkby did not enter a plea.
Joanne Maxwell, prosecuting, said McCabe would next appear at the court for a further hearing on March 24.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said a provisional trial had been set for the week commencing June 13.
He said Burke would be sentenced at the end of the trial and remanded him in custody.
The judge remanded McCabe on conditional bail.
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