£53m Securitas raid: 11 remanded

12 April 2012

Eleven people appeared at the Old Bailey charged in connection with Britain's biggest cash raid.

They were charged with offences ranging from kidnap, conspiracy to rob and handling money stolen in the £53 million raid at Securitas in Kent in February, this year.

Mr Justice Penry-Davey remanded the four women and seven men to another hearing on December 15.

Six of the defendants appeared by video-link.

Car dealer John Fowler, 60, of Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst, Kent, was charged with conspiracy to rob, three counts of kidnapping the depot manager, his wife and son, and handling stolen goods.

Warehouse worker Raluca Millen, 25, of Dudley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, garage owner Roger Coutts, 29, of The Green, Welling, south-east London and sales assistant Katie Philp, 23, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, were charged with conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to kidnap.

Car salesman Stuart Royle, 47, of Allen Street, Maidstone, Kent, unemployed Jetmir Bucpapa, 25, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, roofer Lea Rusha, 34, of Lambersart Close, Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, and Ermir Hysenaj, 26, of New Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, were charged with conspiracy to rob.

Hairdresser Kim Shackleton, 39, of Allen Street, Maidstone, has been charged with handling stolen goods.

Signwriter Keith Borer, 53, of Hempstead Lane, Maidstone, was accused of handling stolen goods.

Hairdresser Michelle Louise Hogg, 31, of Woolwich, south-east London, was charged with conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to kidnap. All were remanded in custody except Borer and Hogg who are on bail.

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