Hatton Garden heist: Islington man charged three years after audacious £29m raid

Hole in the wall: The gap the raiders crawled through to access the vault in the Hatton Garden raid
Metropolitan Police
Tom Powell29 March 2018
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A man has been charged in connection with the Hatton Garden heist more than three years after it took place.

Michael Seed, 57, will appear in court accused of conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to conceal or disguise criminal property, Scotland Yard said.

The suspect, of Liverpool Road, Islington, was arrested in an early morning raid on Tuesday.

The audacious heist was carried out over the Easter weekend in 2015, when a gang ransacked 73 boxes at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit after using a drill to bore a hole into the vault wall.

Hatton Garden heist: Inside the ransacked vault

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Valuables worth up to £29 million - including gold, diamonds and sapphires - were taken in what was one of the biggest raids in UK history. The four ringleaders are believed ot have benefited by an estimated £13.69m.

Nine people were convicted and jailed for their roles, although a man known as Basil was thought to remain at large.

In January it was revealed that the four ringleaders behind the Hatton Garden raid must pay back £27.5 million or face another seven years in jail.

Hatton Garden heist - in pictures

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John "Kenny" Collins, 77, Daniel Jones, 63, and Terry Perkins, 69, are serving seven-year sentences, while Brian Reader, 78, is serving six years and three months in jail, for their roles in the notorious burglary.

Seed will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court at 10am on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.

He has been remanded in custody.

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