Homes and Property | Home Page

Robbery Britons jailed

13 April 2012

Three Britons were today sentenced to life in prison for carrying out an armed robbery which ended in murder.

Christophe Padiglione was shot dead and warehouse owner Francis Lemal seriously wounded in the armed robbery on a tobacco warehouse in Esch, southern Luxembourg, on November 6, 2000.

Keith Birkinshaw, 50, his 29-year-old son Edward, and Glenn Dawson, 27, all from York, were given life imprisonment at the Palais de Justice in Luxembourg city.

Keith Birkinshaw was found guilty of attempted murder and robbery, his son Edward of murder, manslaughter and armed robbery, and Glenn Dawson of murder.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Attempted Murder
Luxembourg
Robbery