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Hatton Garden Thieves Sentenced After Biggest Burglary In British History

Hatton Garden jewel thieves faced justice today after committing the biggest burglary in British history, an audacious heist at the heart of London’s Gem district. Three men were found guilty for their part in the record breaking £14 million heist. Seven men now await sentencing for their part in the ‘biggest tom in the history of the f****** world’. The men were eventually caught after police bugged their bragging conversations. The Evening Standard reports: Brian Reader A once revered figure known as the “Master” or “Guv’nor” for his crimes and contacts with violence but later was derided for losing his nerve Brian Reader earned his notoriety from his close friendship with double killer Kenny Noye. He started his criminal career specialising in burglaries on wholesale jewellers targeting gold in particular. He and Noye made their fortune cheating VAT on gold – which then carried only a maximum of two years imprisonment – and by 1981 were said to be earning £200,000 a year each. He was Noye’s trusted aide in moving the gold bullion from the £26 million stolen Brink’s-Mat bullion. Criss-crossing London and ferrying the bars from Kent to the West Country, Reader did business with some of the most notorious [...]