`They then used an angle grinder to cut through the interior door
Hersh Khuashid. left and Mahmoud Jadir (Image: Hull Live)
Two cunning burglars raided a storage unit after earlier “skulking about” near the entrance of the building so that they could try to find out a crucial PIN code that would allow them to get through the entrance gate. They got lucky when a person who was there shouted the entry code to a delivery driver who had arrived at the compound, Hull Crown Court heard.
Hersh Khuashid, 45, and Mahmoud Jadir, 24, admitted burglary at a storage unit in York Way, Willerby, on December 6, 2024. They pleaded guilty on the day of a scheduled trial.
Maya Hanson, prosecuting, said that a van arrived at the storage premises in Willerby between 4.34 and 4.41am. A PIN code was needed to allow access to the storage unit and to leave it.
A code was put in and three men, including Khuashid and Jadir, got out of the van and entered the building. The other man had not been identified.
“Once inside, the defendants used an angle grinder to cut through the storage unit door,” said Miss Hanson. The user of the unit kept personal items, tobacco and vapes there. No property was actually taken.
It was discovered that, on an earlier day, December 2, 2024, a Citroen vehicle was seen at the site and some men were looking around before leaving. There was no actual evidence that it was Khuashid and Jadir, however.
It was a visit to try to find out a means of access to the storage area. The descriptions of the men matched those of Khuashid and Jadir.
The men went to the premises and waited near the entrance to see if they could find out a PIN code for entry. They heard a person shout a PIN to a delivery driver who had arrived.
They used the code later for the burglary. On December 13 of that year, the Citroen car was seen in Spring Bank, Hull, and the two men, identified from CCTV, were inside. They were arrested.
Khuashid had convictions for three previous offences, including being given a one-year suspended prison sentence at Liverpool Crown Court in July 2024 for burglary. Jadir had no previous convictions.
Amber Hobson, mitigating, said that Khuashid had committed no further offences. “He made a very foolish decision two years ago to involve himself in this unpleasant offending,” said Miss Hobson.
“He is incredibly sorry to come before the court again in this way. He accepts his part of this offending. It’s outrageous offending.”
Father-of-three Khuashid had been “skulking about” to find out the PIN before the burglary. He was, at the time, a political asylum seeker who had fled from Iraq. His family had since joined him and he worked in a car wash.
Billy Torbett, representing Jadir, said that the defendant acted out of character and was immature at the time. “He fully accepts his offending and his involvement,” said Mr Torbett.
“He says he is ashamed. He is still immensely apologetic. He understands the impact that this must have had.”
Jadir moved to this country from Iraq at the age of 14 and he had started a new life. “There has been no further offending,” said Mr Torbett.
Khuashid, of Wilkinson Close, Barnet, London, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence, 120 hours’ unpaid work, a one-year 9pm to 7am curfew, a one-year monitoring order and five days’ rehabilitation. Jadir, of Hawarden Hill, Brent, London, was given a six-month suspended prison sentence, with no requirements.
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