Yesterday morning, a court found Gregory Taylor was behind the break-in and theft of a large amount of cash after planning a fake robbery in October 2013.

The week-long, judge-alone trial in Moree District Court wrapped-up yesterday with the guilty verdict handed down by Judge Stephen Hanley.

Immediately after the verdict, Judge Hanley refused Taylor's bail and has signalled the 52-year-old is looking at a lengthy jail sentence for his masterminding.

Taylor claimed he had closed the tavern and locked up for the night on October 23, 2013, but returned shortly after when an alarm activated.

During a check on the hotel, the 52-year-old told police the rear door had been forced in and he been held up with a knife by Trent Orchard and ordered to walk to a safe at the back of the hotel.

A short time later, another employee found Taylor locked in the safe, but the cash was gone and so too, the would-be robber, Trent Orchard.

Orchard, who was arrested a week after the incident, is now on parole after serving 12 months behind bars for his role in the heist.

He pleaded guilty to the aggravated break-and-enter after the robbery plot unravelled and was jailed last year for up to two years.

Despite Orchard's arrest, Moree detectives foiled the robbery plot after months of investigations, and closed in on Taylor in May last year.

He was arrested and charged on May 9 and was released on bail by a court two days later.

Taylor maintained his innocence throughout the trial which saw six witnesses called to give evidence including his co-accused and three police officers.

About $25,000 in cash was taken from the hotel but it has never been recovered.

Yesterday morning, Taylor was also found not guilty of perverting the course of justice and accessory after the fact.

He remains behind bars and will be sentenced next month. - By Breanna Chillingworth