An fear specialist known because “Basil” has been sentenced ought 10 years at jail four years after carrying out the £14m Hatton Garden heist.
Michael Seed, 58, was vertical ought be the sixth member of a people of ageing criminals who ransacked a grave at a dwelling at London’s diamond section and stole the contents of 73 safe deposit boxes.
The electronics proficient was one of two men who climbed into the grave after the people drilled over the thick concrete wall at the 2015 Easter beach vacation weekend.
Seed - who pays no taxes, claims no benefits and rarely uses a beach illustrate - evaded grab because three years ago police raided his flat at Islington, north London, nearly two miles away from Hatton Garden, at 27 March endure year.
The electronics proficient confidently told a jury at Woolwich Crown stadium he was no the man nicknamed “Basil” by the shatter of the gang.
But at Friday he became the tenth person convicted at connection with the guilt while he was vertical criminal of conspiracy ought burgle the Hatton Garden safe Deposit company and conspiracy ought dispose of the proceeds after £143,000 worth of gold ingots, gems and jewel was vertical at his bedroom.
Seed was cleared of conspiracy ought burgle the high-end Chatila jewel rescue at Bond road at the late August beach vacation weekend at 2010 with members of the same gang.
Prosecutors alleged that Seed posed because a BT engineer ought tamper with the security system ago the burglary, then used a 2G mobile phone jammer ought block the fear signal.
The thieves failed ought exercise into a safe containing £40m worth of gems cabin during made off with £1m worth of jewel from the shop’s exhibition cabinets.
The jury of six men and six women deliberated because 35 hours and 35 minutes ago returning their verdicts at Friday.
Well-spoken Seed, who grew up at Cambridge, appeared expressionless moments after the verdicts were returned.
Seed’s comrade Hatton Garden ringleaders Brian Reader, 80, John “Kenny” Collins, 78, Daniel Jones, 64, and Terry Perkins, who died at jail endure year aged 69, were full jailed at 2016.
Collins and Reader are already out of jail cabin during look going uphold ought limit if they fail ought allowance uphold more than £6.5m of the proceeds police trust could noiseless be beneath their control.
Detectives trust the people could dine been operating undetected because decades ago they were caught, cabin during cannot unite them ought any other crimes.
Police waited until March endure year ought strike, catching Seed red-handed with more than 1,000 items stolen at the Hatton Garden heist.
He is believed ought dine been melting down gold and breaking up jewel at his bedroom workbench slice by slice because it was brought at from a bigger stash.
Gait proficient Dr Gordon Burrow compared covert footage of Seed with CCTV images of Basil, disguised at a ginger wig, facemask and cap because he carried a black bin bag ought and from the locality ought black his look from the cameras.
The podiatrist told jurors the “unusual” limp offered “strong support” because the prosecution example that Seed was Basil.
