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| Man jailed over £53m robbery fighting for life after being shot | |
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| A man convicted of involvement in Britain’s largest armed robbery is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in the neck and chest during a suspected gangland hit. | |
| Paul Allen, 41, was shot six times through a conservatory window on Thursday night at a house in Woodford Green, north-east London, which he rents from the comedian Russell Kane. | |
| The Metropolitan police confirmed they were called to a property at 11.10pm following reports of a shooting. | |
| “Officers, including armed police, attended and found a 41-year-old man suffering from gunshot injuries. The injured man was taken to hospital where his condition remains critical,” the Met said. | “Officers, including armed police, attended and found a 41-year-old man suffering from gunshot injuries. The injured man was taken to hospital where his condition remains critical,” the Met said. |
| “Detectives from Trident and area command investigate and retain an open mind as to motive.” No arrests have been made. | |
| A spokesman for Kane said: “Russell’s thoughts are with the victim and his family at this terrible time.” | A spokesman for Kane said: “Russell’s thoughts are with the victim and his family at this terrible time.” |
| According to the Daily Mirror, Allen was initially attended to by a private security guard named Luke. The former Coldstream Guard said: “There was a lady in the doorway screaming that her partner had been shot. I found him half on the stairs, half on the floor. | |
| “There was another lady and I helped her in giving first aid by applying pressure to the wounds. I told the partner, who was holding a baby, to take the children upstairs and stay on the phone to the emergency services.” | “There was another lady and I helped her in giving first aid by applying pressure to the wounds. I told the partner, who was holding a baby, to take the children upstairs and stay on the phone to the emergency services.” |
| Allen was convicted for his role in the 2006 Securitas raid in Tonbridge, Kent, during which a gang of men, including some dressed as police officers, stole £53m in cash from a depot. | |
| The manager of the depot, Colin Dixon, and his family were kidnapped at gunpoint to force him to cooperate. The gang left behind £153m because they could not fit it into their getaway lorry. | |
| Police later recovered £21m of the missing cash, but the remainder has never been found. | Police later recovered £21m of the missing cash, but the remainder has never been found. |
| Allen, a cage fighter, fled to Morocco four days after the robbery with his share of the takings. He was subsequently extradited to the UK in January 2008 and sentenced to 18 years in prison, of which he served nine. | |
| In August 2018, the Crown Prosecution Service let Allen off repaying more than £1.23m, which was said to have been his proceeds from the robbery. | |
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