The mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist Brian 'The Guvnor' Reader has died, aged 84.
The gangster made much than £200 cardinal from a drawstring of raids including the Brink's-Mat robbery successful 1983.
It is thought his household had tried to support his decease a secret, reported The Sun, but a decease certificate showed helium had died successful September 2023 after battling colon and prostate cancer.
He was the ringleader of 1 of the astir celebrated raids successful British past erstwhile the crook and his pack - dubbed the 'Diamond Wheezers' - stole £14million worthy of gems and bullion successful a slope deposit heist successful Hatton Garden successful 2015.
The vocation transgression was jailed for six years and 3 months aft pleading blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate burglary.
The mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist Brian 'The Guvnor' Reader has died, aged 84
He was jailed for six years and 3 months aft pleading blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate burglary but was released halfway done his condemnation successful 2018 pursuing a bid of wellness battles
Reader was released halfway done his condemnation successful 2018 pursuing a bid of wellness battles.
In 2016 Reader was moved from Belmarsh Prison to an intensive attraction unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, successful Woolwich, southbound eastbound London.
In appeared successful tribunal a twelvemonth aboriginal successful wheelchair having suffered a changeable arsenic good arsenic battling prostate cancer.
Four years aboriginal a justice ruled helium was excessively unwell and would not person to instrumentality to situation for failing to wage backmost his £6.6million.
Reader had handed implicit conscionable 6 percent of his multi-million lb chopped of the £13.7million raid contempt a confiscation order.
The crook, on with chap raid ringleaders John 'Kenny' Collins, Daniel Jones, and Terry Perkins, who died successful situation aged 69, were slapped with 1 of the biggest confiscation orders successful Scotland Yard's history.
The burglars worked done the four-day play of the Easter and Passover Bank Holiday, erstwhile galore of the adjacent businesses were closed.
John Collins, Terry Perkins, and Brian Reader successful the Castle Public House pub
The burglars worked done the four-day play of the Easter and Passover Bank Holiday, erstwhile galore of the adjacent businesses were closed
The interior presumption of the vault astatine the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit institution which was robbed by six men successful 2015
Gold ingots recovered by the constabulary astatine the location of co-conspirator Michael Seed successful Islington
Hatton Garden heist gang: John Collins (top left), Daniel Jones (top centre), Terry Perkins (top right). Bottom row, near to right: Carl Wood, William Lincoln, and Hugh Doyle
It was reported that the burglars had entered the premises done a assistance shaft, past drilled done the 50cm heavy vault walls with a Hilti powerfulness drill.
The theft was truthful important that the probe was assigned to the Flying Squad, a subdivision of the MPS' Specialist, Organised and Economic Crime Command.
It is the taxable of 3 diagnostic films including 2018's King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, and Michael Gambon.
Reader was the oldest subordinate of the Hatton Garden heist gang, and besides stood proceedings on with Kenneth Noye for the execution of undercover constabulary serviceman Detective Constable John Fordham, 45, successful 1985. Both Reader and Noye were acquitted.
He had convictions dating backmost to the 1960s and was jailed for 8 years for his portion successful the infamous Brink's-Mat robbery successful 1983.
The notorious heist progressive equipped robbers stealing £26million successful golden bullion from a warehouse, adjacent London's Heathrow Airport.
The bullion theft remains 1 of the biggest heists ever to instrumentality spot successful Britain - the golden taken was worthy astir £500million astatine today's golden prices.
In June past twelvemonth MailOnline revealed helium was acceptable to marque £2.5million aft selling 3 homes successful his Kent estate.
The infamous Hatton Garden criminals
Brian Reader
'Career criminal' Brian Reader was known arsenic 'the Guv'nor' and was a spouse successful transgression of notorious gangland fig Kenneth Noye - contempt the information the brace were similar 'chalk and cheese'.
Reader was the oldest of the pack and helium adjacent travelled to the robbery connected a autobus utilizing a pensioner's 'Freedom Pass'.
One constabulary serviceman adjacent described him arsenic 'the past of the gentlemen thieves.'
Reader was released from jailhouse successful 2018 and avoided paying backmost his £6.6million stock aft a justice recovered him excessively unwell.
He avoided jailhouse owed to his 'mental and physical' health.
Terry Perkins
Terry Perkins was 1 of those progressive from commencement to decorativeness and entered the information deposit premises connected some nights of the heist.
He did not spell done the drilled holes into the vault and is thought to person stayed extracurricular being handed the stolen goods.
He was aboriginal recorded by constabulary saying helium wished he'd taken a photograph during the raid.
Police person described him arsenic a vocation transgression and helium was besides progressive successful the well-known Security Express heist successful eastbound London successful 1985.
Perkins died successful situation connected February 5, 2018 astatine the property of 69 portion watching rugby connected television.
He was owed to basal proceedings for the Chatila heist portion serving 7 years for the Hatton Garden raid.
Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones was described arsenic an 'eccentric Walter Mitty' quality during the proceedings erstwhile 1 of the accused men told of his unusual habits.
He is 1 of the 2 men who really got done the tiny spread the pack drilled into the vault and went done information deposit boxes earlier handing retired the loot.
He was caught connected CCTV wearing an eccentric outfit during the raid, implicit with striped trousers, a hi-viz waistcoat, reddish trainers and a navy shot cap.
Police recovered a container of particulate masks, the publication 'Forensics for Dummies', a drill, balaclavas and a walkie-talkie astatine his house.
Jones has a lengthy transgression grounds dating backmost to 1975, with convictions for robbery, handling stolen goods and and burglary.
He was initially jailed for 7 years successful March 2016 aft admitting conspiracy to perpetrate burglary nevertheless a further six years and 287 days was aboriginal added to this aft helium failed to wage backmost £6,599,021.
John 'Kenny' Collins
John 'Kenny' Collins was portion of the Islington broadside of the pack and has a agelong drawstring of convictions for crimes including robbery, handling stolen goods and fraud dating backmost to 1961.
He was the operator for the pack waited successful vehicles extracurricular the information deposit institution connected some nights of the Hatton Garden raid and acted arsenic a lookout. It was his nexus to the achromatic Mercedes which the archetypal measurement successful constabulary tracking down the raiders.
He besides drove the achromatic Ford Transit van which was utilized successful the heist.
The tribunal heard helium was described arsenic 'wombat-thick' by his accomplices and prosecutors said helium 'lost the plot' successful the weeks aft the raid.
During the raid, helium was caught connected CCTV wearing a astute greenish quilted headdress and carrying a briefcase arsenic helium took up a look-out station successful the gathering opposite.
He was released from situation successful 2019 aft serving fractional of his seven-year condemnation .
However aft failing to wage backmost the millions of pounds helium stole helium was jailed for different 2,309 days.
William 'Billy' Lincoln
William 'Billy The Fish' Lincoln
William 'Billy' Lincoln was recruited by ringleader John 'Kenny' Collins arsenic a trusted household subordinate to power a ample portion of the loot pursuing the heist.
Lincoln's aunt Milly Garrett lived with Collins arsenic his communal instrumentality woman successful Islington.
He has a drawstring of convictions for attempted burglary, burglary and attempted theft betwixt 1975 and 1985, but his astir caller condemnation was for artillery successful 2013.
The joined father-of-two was a good known quality astatine the celebrated Billingsgate food marketplace wherever helium would bargain haddock, kippers, eels and salmon to merchantability connected to friends and household members.
Lincoln was instrumental successful organising the speech of the bags of loot and was arrested aft constabulary boxed successful his achromatic Audi A3 earlier smashing the model and dragging him retired of the car.
He was fixed a seven-year sentence.
Carl Wood
Carl Wood was a trusted subordinate of the ringleaders, recruited arsenic an 'extra brace of hands' to propulsion disconnected the heist.
Wood grew up successful Hackney and has 2 big daughters who person children of their own.
He was diagnosed with Crohn's illness successful his aboriginal 20s, an inflammatory bowel illness which helium claimed often near him bed-ridden and successful agony.
In conversations recorded by constabulary bugs, Terry Perkins suggests Wood was vouched for by his aged person Billy Hickson, who stood proceedings alongside Perkins implicit the £6million Security Express heist.
Wood was astir £20,000 successful debt, but successful January 2015 attended the Adventure Travel Show, astatine the Kensington Olympia, featuring 'once-in-a-lifetime question experiences' successful evident anticipation of his aboriginal wealth.
He did not be the readying meetings, but was regularly updated by his person of 30 years, Daniel Jones.
The brace would regularly conscionable for walks followed by sandwiches and java astatine their section gardening centre.
Dressed successful acheronian clothing, hi-visibility waistcoat and navy shot headdress and wearing a achromatic surgeon's benignant disguise acheronian gloves and glasses, Wood was 1 of the men who entered 88-90 Hatton Garden connected the archetypal nighttime of the raid.
He was jailed for six years for the crime.
English (US) ·