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Four men have pleaded guilty to involvement in the Hatton Garden heist in which a gang broke into a concrete vault and ransacked valuables held in scores of safety deposit boxes.Four men have pleaded guilty to involvement in the Hatton Garden heist in which a gang broke into a concrete vault and ransacked valuables held in scores of safety deposit boxes.
John Collins, Daniel Jones, Terence Perkins and Brian Reader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle during a hearing at Woolwich crown court on Friday.John Collins, Daniel Jones, Terence Perkins and Brian Reader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle during a hearing at Woolwich crown court on Friday.
A total of nine people face trial; only seven have so far entered pleas while two are applying for the Crown to dismiss the charges. Hugh Doyle, John Harbinson, and William Lincoln pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burgle and are due to face trial later this year.
All nine face a second charge of conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or transfer a quantity of jewellery and other items between April 1 and May 19. All pleaded not guilty to a second charge of conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or transfer a quantity of jewellery and other items between 1 April and 19 May.
All seven who have entered pleas pleaded not guilty to this charge. The defendants at the hearing sat in a dock behind a Perspex screen, flanked by security guards. The judge asked prosecutor Philip Evans to make sure he spoke into a microphone so the accused could hear the proceedings.
The burglary in Hatton Garden over Easter weekend earlier this year is believed to haveled to around £10m pounds worth of jewels, cash and other valuables being stolen by a gang who bored a hole through a thick concrete wall to enter the vault in the heart of London’s diamond district. The burglary in Hatton Garden over Easter weekend is believed to have led to around £10m-worth of jewels, cash and other valuables being stolen by a gang who bored a hole through a thick concrete wall to enter the vault in the heart of London’s diamond district.
More details soon … During the heist the gang rifled through 72 secure boxes.
Detectives investigating the Hatton Garden heist believe they have recovered most of the valuables stolen in the raid.
Police were alerted to the Hatton Garden safety deposit burglary just after 8am on Tuesday 7 April, after the Easter holiday weekend, during which time the facility was closed.
Detectives and forensic experts were confronted by a chaotic scene, with dust, debris and discarded safety deposit boxes scattered throughout.