The suspected missing member of the £14 million Hatton Garden raid known as “Basil” is today to be arraigned for his alleged role in the plot.
Michael Seed, 57, is accused of being the last member of the gang that ransacked 73 boxes at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in London’s jewellery district in 2015.
Seed is due to enter his pleas to charges of conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to conceal or disguise criminal property at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday morning.
He was arrested in an early morning raid on March 27 at his flat in Liverpool Road, Islington.
Prosecutors claim items of jewellery, precious stones and gold ingots allegedly found at his home were stolen in the raid.
The now infamous Hatton Garden burglary took place over the Easter weekend in 2015 when gold, cash and gems worth an estimated £13.7 million was stolen.
Six men have been convicted and jailed for their roles in the Hatton Garden raid, one of the biggest in UK history.
Three other people were given suspended sentences for money laundering offences.
