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| Six men who carried out a series of armed robberies in southern England, which ended when police shot dead two gang members, have been jailed. | Six men who carried out a series of armed robberies in southern England, which ended when police shot dead two gang members, have been jailed. |
| The defendants, all from London, conspired to organise or execute up to 21 robberies on banks or cashbox delivery guards, netting £500,000. | The defendants, all from London, conspired to organise or execute up to 21 robberies on banks or cashbox delivery guards, netting £500,000. |
| Their 18-month campaign ended when the gang leaders were shot dead by armed officers outside a bank in Hampshire. | Their 18-month campaign ended when the gang leaders were shot dead by armed officers outside a bank in Hampshire. |
| The men were given jail terms ranging from 17 years to six and a half years. | The men were given jail terms ranging from 17 years to six and a half years. |
| Terence Wallace, 26, of Raynes Park, and Adrian Johnson, 28, from Streatham Hill, who had denied conspiracy to rob between April 2006 and September 2007, were jailed for 17 years at Kingston Crown Court in London. | |
| Leroy Wilkinson, 29, from Streatham, who had also denied the charges, was jailed for 12 years. | |
| Three men - Leroy Hall, Leon McKenzie and Brian Henry - were given reduced sentences for pleading guilty to being part of the gang. | |
| Hall and McKenzie were given seven-year sentences and Henry was jailed for six-and-a-half years. |