Robert George Speedy and Jake Watson stole $40,000 but unwittingly also stole an employee’s phone with locator app installed

A phone-tracking app helped police find and corner two armed robbers, one of whom then shot an officer in the face to avoid arrest in 2012, a court has heard.

Robert George Speedy and Jake Watson entered a tavern brandishing a machete and a rifle and ordered staff to open the safe so they could remove the day’s takings, prosecutors said.

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