<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A mum, a drug addict and a career criminal who teamed up to rob a Melbourne hotel have all been sent to jail. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Steven Cachia and Barbara Babic were today sentenced to between three and three-and-a-half years' jail for their roles in a $321,000 heist from the Golden Fleece Hotel in October 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Exclusive CCTV from the robbery shows Babic, who was at the time working as the gaming manager at the Melton venue, being accosted by a masked burglar, Andrew Cini, in the strong room.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-loses-car-after-police-see-it-has-no-bonnet-garden-chair-for-drivers-cranbourne-north-melbourne/10c8799f-c18a-40dd-97d1-74d8640cf40f" target="_blank"><strong><span>BMW pulled over without bonnet, driver's seat in Melbourne</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After threatening to Taser her and demanding cash, Babic handed over more than $320,000, which had been cleared from the hotel's gaming machines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The mum of two was handcuffed before the masked burglar made away with the cash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A career criminal, Cachia's role in the crime saw him act as an unassuming bistro customer, who left the venue through an exit-only door, allowing Cini to enter.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-trio-jailed-after-making-away-with-320k-in-fake-pub-robbery/e06f3a93-7908-4a5e-9669-51c2652900d6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But closer examination of the CCTV revealed that when the burglar arrived, the cash was piled up and waiting on a bench.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Babic, a supposed victim, was noticeably calm throughout the ordeal and as soon as the burglar left her shackles slipped straight off her wrists.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-thirds-australian-workers-looking-to-change-jobs-hays-salary-guide/a1d0de79-e91b-45d3-ac55-b4eb4a18dc98" target="_blank"><strong><span>Nearly two-thirds of Australian workers preparing to quit their job</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When police raided Babic's house they discovered she'd been on a post-heist shopping spree, spending $3447 at Melton Furniture and Bedding and splashing $3000 cash on some new pearly whites at Melton Dental.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Records show she also paid $2363 cash for a large flat screen tv and made bank deposits totalling more than $6000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cini, the main burglar involved in the robbery had already been sentenced to five and a half years' jail after pleading guilty to his crime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Babic and Cachia both protested their innocence, but the jury found them both guilty. </span><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>