'Gang' member Stuart Barnes tried to steal a safe from a business unit before leaving empty-handed.The 42-year-old was one of a group who targeted a business on Fenton's City Park Trading Estate.Barnes entered the unit but left when they could not remove the safe, while the others returned to finish the job.Now the defendant – who has 11 previous convictions for 21 offences – has been spared jail after he was traced to the break-in when his blood was found on a window.Fiona Cortese,...
