Editing Dave Ulliott (section)

==Criminal activities==
Ulliott became part of a [[safe-cracking]] team after being told that all parties involved, including shop owners and local authorities, were complicit in the operation. Their targets included [[tobacconist]]s, [[Off license|off-licenses]], and garages. On one occasion, after losing over £5,000 (''$6,500 USD'') at a bookmaker's, Ulliott stole a safe and transported it home in a pram. However, one of the team members was apprehended and informed the police of Ulliott's involvement. He evaded capture for one week before being arrested.

Following his arrest, Ulliott was held in a cell at Kingston upon Hull Police Station for three weeks before being transferred to [[Leeds Prison]]. There he spent 23 hours a day in isolation during the first two months of his nine-month sentence.<ref name="swimming" />

Shortly after his release, Ulliott was again arrested in connection with an [[Robbery|armed robbery]] at an off-license, though he was released three days later without charge. Afterward, he found employment at a timber yard but resumed his involvement with the safe-cracking team while also working as a bouncer and gambling.<ref name="swimming" />

At the age of 28, Ulliott was arrested after a fight outside a nightclub and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, serving time in both [[HM Prison Leeds|Leeds]] and [[HM Prison Durham|Durham]] facilities. Most of his sentence was spent in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. During this time, he befriended a fellow inmate named John, with whom he planned a bank robbery after their release. However, on the day of the planned heist, John was arrested by the regional crime squad, and Ulliott was advised by John's wife to abandon the criminal path and "go straight."<ref name="swimming" />