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Eight men in court over £10m Hatton Garden heist | Eight men in court over £10m Hatton Garden heist |
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Eight men have appeared in court charged with plotting to steal more than £10m worth of jewellery and other valuable items from safe deposit boxes in London’s Hatton Garden district. | Eight men have appeared in court charged with plotting to steal more than £10m worth of jewellery and other valuable items from safe deposit boxes in London’s Hatton Garden district. |
Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58, and Hugh Doyle, 48, all from Enfield, appeared at Westminster magistrates court alongside William Lincoln, 59, of Bethnal Green, east London, and John Collins, 74, of north London. Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, both of Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt also appeared. | Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58, and Hugh Doyle, 48, all from Enfield, appeared at Westminster magistrates court alongside William Lincoln, 59, of Bethnal Green, east London, and John Collins, 74, of north London. Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, both of Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt also appeared. |
The men appeared side by side in two rows in the dock, dressed in a variety of grey, black and brown jumpers, while a number of them wore glasses. Perkins’ spectacles hung around his neck by a cord. | The men appeared side by side in two rows in the dock, dressed in a variety of grey, black and brown jumpers, while a number of them wore glasses. Perkins’ spectacles hung around his neck by a cord. |
All eight men face the same charge of conspiracy to burgle and were remanded in custody by district judge Tan Ikram. They will next appear at Southwark crown court on 4 June. | All eight men face the same charge of conspiracy to burgle and were remanded in custody by district judge Tan Ikram. They will next appear at Southwark crown court on 4 June. |
They are accused of conspiring to enter as a trespasser the Hatton Garden Safeeposit Company at 88-90 Hatton Garden with intent to steal between 1 April and 19 May, according to the indictment as put to the defendants. | |
The prosecutor, Edmund Hall, said the men were accused of stealing 73 safety deposit boxes, of which the full value is yet to be ascertained but is expected to exceed £10m. | The prosecutor, Edmund Hall, said the men were accused of stealing 73 safety deposit boxes, of which the full value is yet to be ascertained but is expected to exceed £10m. |
A ninth man has been bailed pending further inquiries and a 10th man, a 42-year-old from Essex, was arrested in connection with the heist on Thursday. | A ninth man has been bailed pending further inquiries and a 10th man, a 42-year-old from Essex, was arrested in connection with the heist on Thursday. |