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| Gang jailed for luxury car thefts | |
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| An international gang of car thieves who made £4.5m selling top of the range vehicles have been jailed. | An international gang of car thieves who made £4.5m selling top of the range vehicles have been jailed. |
| Eight gang members in London stole more than 190 cars, including Porsches and Ferraris, some at gunpoint. | |
| They were often stolen to order and sold with new parts and paperwork from cars written off in Europe. | They were often stolen to order and sold with new parts and paperwork from cars written off in Europe. |
| The London part of the gang, who were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, were helped by gang members in Belgium who sent the write-offs to the UK. | |
| Seven members of the Belgium side of the gang have already been sentenced. | Seven members of the Belgium side of the gang have already been sentenced. |
| Speaking at Southwark on Friday, Judge John Price said: "It was a very substantial conspiracy, not all of the conspirators are in the dock. | |
| "But they [the police] destroyed an enormous organisation that was causing distress and financial loss to innocent people." |