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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 safe 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, 74, of Islington, north London; Daniel Jones, 58, and Terry Perkins, 67, both of Enfield, north London; and Brian Reader, 76, of Dartford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle with intent to steal.
Hugh Doyle, John Harbinson, and William Lincoln pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burgle and are due to face trial later this year. A total of nine defendants appeared in court, including two who have yet to enter pleas.
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. Hugh Doyle, 48, of Enfield, north London; William Lincoln, 60, of Bethnal Green, east London; John Harbinson, 42, of Benfleet, Essex, denied conspiracy to burgle and are due to face trial on 16 November.
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. All seven who entered pleas denied a second charge of conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or transfer a quantity of jewellery and other items between 1 April and 19 May.
The crown said it would not be pursuing the charge against the four who had admitted conspiracy to burgle in light of those pleas.
Paul Reader, 50, of Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, are yet to enter pleas.
The nine defendants at the hearing sat in a dock behind a Perspex screen, flanked by 13 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 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.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.
During the heist the gang rifled through 72 secure boxes.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. Detectives investigating the heist believe they have recovered most of the stolen valuables.
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. Police were alerted to the 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 the vault.
Detectives and forensic experts were confronted by a chaotic scene, with dust, debris and discarded safety deposit boxes scattered throughout.