THE getaway driver for an armed robbery at Oaksey Post Office has been told he is facing a lengthy jail term after a jury found him guilty of his role in the hold-up.

Kieren Wheeler, 19, claimed he had no idea his friend Zak Bradbury, 21, was about to carry out the raid as he thought he was dropping him off at his mum’s house.

And he said he feared his accomplice would shoot him after he put the gun to his head and told him to drive, a story backed up by Bradbury who admitted the offence.

But after hearing the pair had shared a cell while on remand, giving them time to cook up the story, a jury rejected their version of events and found Wheeler guilty.

Adjourning sentence to Thursday, November 10, and remanding him in custody, Judge Tim Mousley QC, sitting at Swindon Crown Court, told him jail was inevitable.

He said: “You have been convicted on the best of evidence of a very serious offence which inevitably will lead to a custodial sentence of some length.

“I will sentence you when you come back with Zak Bradbury. There will be a pre-sentence report which will assist me in determining the length of sentence.”