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| Gang of men sentenced for Hatton Garden raid | Gang of men sentenced for Hatton Garden raid |
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| Five men have been jailed for up to seven years for the £14m Hatton Garden safety deposit box jewellery raid. | Five men have been jailed for up to seven years for the £14m Hatton Garden safety deposit box jewellery raid. |
| Three ringleaders behind the heist in London's jewellery quarter during Easter 2015 each received seven years. | Three ringleaders behind the heist in London's jewellery quarter during Easter 2015 each received seven years. |
| Two other men, Carl Wood and William Lincoln, were given six and seven years respectively. | Two other men, Carl Wood and William Lincoln, were given six and seven years respectively. |
| The mastermind, Brian Reader, was too ill to attend after a second stroke and will be sentenced later. | The mastermind, Brian Reader, was too ill to attend after a second stroke and will be sentenced later. |
| Sentencing them, the judge said: "The burglary at the heart of this case stands in a class of its own." | Sentencing them, the judge said: "The burglary at the heart of this case stands in a class of its own." |
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| The ringleaders jailed for seven years each for conspiracy to commit burglary were: | |
| Wood, 59, of Elderbeck Close, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and Lincoln, 60, of Winkley Street, Bethnal Green, east London, were sentenced for the same offence and one count of and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property. | Wood, 59, of Elderbeck Close, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and Lincoln, 60, of Winkley Street, Bethnal Green, east London, were sentenced for the same offence and one count of and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property. |
| 'Biggest burglary' | |
| Hugh Doyle, of Riverside Gardens, Enfield, received a suspended sentence for concealing, converting or transferring criminal property between January 1 and May 19 last year. | Hugh Doyle, of Riverside Gardens, Enfield, received a suspended sentence for concealing, converting or transferring criminal property between January 1 and May 19 last year. |
| The gang breached the vault at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in central London over the Easter weekend last year, stealing items worth an estimated £14m. | |
| Judge Christopher Kinch QC said he did not know if it could be proved as had been claimed in court that it was the "biggest burglary in English history". | |
| But he said: "It is clear that the burglary at the heart of this case stands in a class of its own in the scale of the ambition, the detail of the planning, the level of preparation and the organisation of the team carrying it out, and in terms of the value of the property stolen." |