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AN out-of-town gang travelled to Newbury to conduct an “audacious,” £45,000 electric bike raid. A rooftop chase and dangerous car pursuit followed after local residents spotted the heist in action. The raiders were finally caught and sentenced to 10 months imprisonment each. But, due to the time it has taken to bring the matter to Reading Crown Court, they will soon be back on the streets. The court heard Ryan Hodge, Carl Justice and Anthony Robertson had smashed the front window of Banjo Cycles in Hambridge Road and loaded the specialist bikes into a stolen Transit van on October 17 last year…