Five men are due to be sentenced after being convicted of kidnap, robbery and firearms charges following a £53m raid at a Securitas depot in Kent.
Five men are due to be sentenced on kidnap, robbery and firearms charges for their part in the £53m raid on the Securitas depot in Kent.
Two other men were cleared of all charges by the jury, following a trial lasting seven months.
During the raid in Tonbridge in 2006, depot manager Colin Dixon and his family were kidnapped at gunpoint by men posing as police officers.
During the raid in 2006, the depot manager, Colin Dixon, his wife and their child were kidnapped at gunpoint by men posing as police officers.
The judge warned the men they faced "very substantial" sentences.
The judge warned that the guilty men faced "very substantial" sentences.
Since the raid police have recovered £21m of the stolen cash but the remaining £32m is still missing.
During the robbery in Tonbridge, the Dixon family was told: "You will die if you do not do as you are told," the Old Bailey heard.
Since the robbery in February 2006, police have recovered £21m of the stolen cash - the search continues for the remaining £32m.
Those found guilty were: Stuart Royle, 49, of Allen Street, Maidstone, Kent; Jetmir Bucpapa, 26, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge; garage owner Roger Coutts, 30, of The Green, Welling, south-east London; Lea Rusha, 35, of Lambersart Close, Southborough, Kent; Emir Hysenaj, aged 28, of New Road, Crowborough, East Sussex.
Those found guilty were: Stuart Royle, 49, of Allen Street, Maidstone, Kent; Jetmir Bucpapa, 26, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge; garage owner Roger Coutts, 30, of The Green, Welling, south-east London; Lea Rusha, 35, of Lambersart Close, Southborough, Kent; Emir Hysenaj, aged 28, of New Road, Crowborough, East Sussex.
It's easy for this case to be romanticised like Ocean's 12 as a victimless crime Roger Coe-Salazar, prosecutor Heist family's ordeal
This was a callous and highly dangerous crime Roger Coe-Salazar, prosecutor Heist family's ordeal
They had all denied conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to possess firearms.
Two other men, John Fowler, 59, of Staplehurst, and Keith Borer, 54, of Maidstone, both Kent, were cleared of involvement in the robbery in a trial which lasted seven months.
John Fowler, 59, of Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst, Kent, and Keith Borer, 54, of Hempstead Lane, Maidstone, Kent, were cleared of involvement in the robbery.
The men had all denied conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to possess firearms.
The gang wore prosthetic disguises, normally used by actors, which were made by hairdresser Michelle Hogg.
The gang wore prosthetic disguises, normally used by actors, which were made by hairdresser Michelle Hogg.
She was initially charged by police but agreed to become a prosecution witness when all charges against her were dropped.
She was initially charged by police but later agreed to become a prosecution witness.
Speaking after the jury returned its verdicts, Roger Coe-Salazar, the chief crown prosecutor for Kent, said: "When you have a case of this magnitude it's easy for it to be romanticised like Ocean's 12 as a victimless crime.
Police said there was evidence of the robbery being planned as far back as July 2005.
"There is nothing romantic about a child being held at gunpoint by a masked man. This was a callous and highly dangerous crime."
CCTV cameras captured armed robbers holding the Dixon family and 14 members of the depot staff hostage as they loaded cash into the back of a 7.5-tonne lorry.
CCTV cameras captured armed robbers holding the Dixon family and 14 members of staff hostage as they loaded cash into the back of a 7.5-tonne lorry.
Cash storage cages were used to imprison the hostages.
Rusha, Royle, Coutts and Bucpapa were among robbers who burst into the Securitas depot in the early hours of 22 February 2006.
The gang left behind £153m because no more could be fitted into their lorry.
Rusha was one of the two men dressed as police officers who first kidnapped Mr Dixon then his family at gunpoint.
Hysenaj was a Securitas employee who filmed inside the depot using a hi-tech video camera the size of a 50p coin that was fitted to his belt.
Investigators were stunned by the scale and audacity of the biggest ever cash robbery in Britain.
Workers were forced on to the floor at gunpoint during the raidEnlarge Image
The gang got away with what was described as a "king's ransom" in cash, but left behind £153m because no more could be fitted into their lorry.
Prosecutor Sir John Nutting told jurors that the robbers were inspired by the lure of "luxury, ease and idleness" and were prepared to target the "innocent and vulnerable" to achieve it.
Prosecutor Sir John Nutting told jurors that the robbers were inspired by the lure of "luxury, ease and idleness" and were prepared to target the "innocent and vulnerable" to achieve it.
After being kidnapped, the Dixon family was driven to the Securitas depot and tied up along with 14 terrified workers.
Speaking after the jury returned its verdicts, Roger Coe-Salazar, the chief crown prosecutor for Kent, said: "When you have a case of this magnitude it's easy for it to be romanticised like Ocean's 12 as a victimless crime.
CCTV footage taken from the depot showed the robbers were armed with a Skorpion machine pistol, a pump-action shotgun, a handgun and an AK47 assault rifle.
"There is nothing romantic about a child being held at gunpoint by a masked man. This was a callous and highly dangerous crime."
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Cash storage cages were used to imprison the hostages, who were warned as the robbers fled in the lorry: "We know where you live."
The Dixons' child eventually wriggled through bars in the cages and helped free the others.
