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| Hatton Garden raid: Eight men appear in court over burglary | Hatton Garden raid: Eight men appear in court over burglary |
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| Eight men have been remanded in custody after appearing in court over the Hatton Garden jewellery raid. | |
| The men, aged between 48 and 76, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning charged with conspiracy to burgle. | The men, aged between 48 and 76, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning charged with conspiracy to burgle. |
| The contents of at least 56 safe deposit boxes were stolen from Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Box Ltd over the Easter weekend. | |
| The men are due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 4 June. | |
| Prosecutor Edmund Hall said that while the total value of the goods stolen was not yet known, it ran "in excess of £10m" and 73 safe deposit boxes in total had been opened. | |
| The men in court were: | |
| The charge states that together, between 1 April and 19 May, they conspired to enter as a trespasser a building, namely The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd at 88-90 Hatton Gardens EC1, with intent to steal. | |
| Detectives from the Met's Flying Squad arrested the men on Tuesday after a series of police raids in properties in London and Kent. | |
| Two of the men charged are believed to be father and son. | |
| Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, who is also known as Brian, were both arrested at an address in Dartford, Kent. | |
| The Met's Flying Squad has also apologised after it emerged a security firm's call about an intruder alert at the premises shortly after midnight on Good Friday was deemed not to require a response. | |
| In total 10 men have been arrested over the raid, including a 42-year-old man arrested at an address in Essex on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle on Thursday. | |
| Another man, who was arrested on Tuesday, has since been released on bail pending further inquiries. |