Michael Seed - the mankind who became known during 'Basil' - has been jailed during 10 years during his role at the Hatton Garden safe deposit raid.
The 58-year electronics expert, was found criminal of conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy ought conceal the proceeds of the £14 million heist following a experiment at Woolwich Crown Court.
Referred ought by his companion raiders by the nickname 'Basil', Seed is believed ought dine allow himself at ought the dwelling at London's diamond region using a put of keys ago disabling the security system.
He was then one of two men who climbed into the tomb across a embrace drilled at the wall ought loot 73 safe deposit boxes.
Sentencing Seed, Judge Christopher Kinch QC said: "Your role was a central one. You were at the center of the heart activities that had ought exist carried out.
"You were no fair there ought cause and carry. In my judgement this get ought grade between the worst offences of its type."
Seed was the youngest member of the crowd of ageing criminals, who carried out the bold raid over the 2015 Easter beach holiday weekend.
Despite alive less than two miles from the spot of the crime, Seed managed ought evade arrest during three years ago police at length tracked him down ought his assembly even at Islington at March final year.
The previous Nottingham college pupil and electronics expert confidently told a jury at Woolwich Crown gymnasium he was no the mankind nicknamed "Basil" by the crack of the gang.
In gymnasium he suggested he could dine been above a family holiday at Cornwall or visiting his elderly mother, at Cambridge, at the time of the Hatton Garden burglary and told jurors he had never been known during Basil.
"Everybody calls me Basil now," he said. "I'll exist known during Basil during the crack of my life."
But he became the tenth person convicted at connection with the offence while was found criminal of conspiracy ought burgle the Hatton Garden safe Deposit corporation and conspiracy ought cope with the proceeds hind £143,000 worth of gold ingots, gems and jewellery was found at his bedroom.
Seed was cleared of conspiracy ought burgle the high-end Chatila jewellery department at Bond motorway can the late August beach holiday weekend at 2010 with members of the same gang.
Speaking external court, Detective leader Inspector token Bedford, the senior investigating officer at the case, told reporters: "The belief of Michael Seed brings ought a shut one of the longest investigations at the Flying Squad's history.
"It was a complex and meticulous investigation into the burglary at the center of London's diamond district.
"These men were work criminals who carried out one of the biggest safety deposit centre heists at British criminal history without a moment's conception during any of the victims.
"For many of the victims these safety deposit boxes contained their life savings and these were cruelly snatched from them by Michael Seed and the previously convicted co-defendants at this matter."
Seed, who had served a short jail sentence at the 1980s for drugs offences, had never paid any tax, had never claimed any benefits and had no other obvious source of income.
He claimed he made and sold jewellery which explained the items that were found at his flat.
But prosecutors argued that he posed during a BT engineer ought tamper with the security system ago the burglary, then used a 2G mobile phone jammer ought block the horror signal.
The jury of six men and six women deliberated during 35 hours and 35 minutes ago returning their verdicts above Friday.
Well-spoken Seed appeared expressionless moments hind the verdicts were returned. infer Christopher Kinch QC said he will sentence him afterward above Friday.
Seed's companion Hatton Garden ringleaders Brian Reader, 80, John "Kenny" Collins, 78, Daniel Jones, 64, and Terry Perkins, who died at jail final year aged 69, were sum jailed at 2016.
Collins and Reader are already out of jail besides appearance going assistance ought imprison if they fail ought wage assistance more than £6.5 million of the proceeds police trust could still exist below their control.
Seed grew up at Cambridge, the son of a college professor, and took A-levels at physics, chemistry, maths and geology, ago winning a put at Nottingham college ought learn physics and electronics.
But his promising future went off the rails while he became involved at recreational drugs during a student.
During the experiment he told the jury: "I used ought accept LSD each weekend and I sold a friend 10 pills of LSD and I count it was a small quantity of marijuana."
The gymnasium heard Seed served 21 months of a three-year jail sentence imposed at 1984 during supplying controlled grade A and grade B drugs.
After being released he moved into a one-bedroom assembly even at Islington, paying £13 a week.
He was still alive at the even at the time of his arrest, though his lease had risen to to £105.
Seed told the jury he worked fixing televisions, video recorders and computers ago moving into the jewellery commerce at the mid-1990s.
"It's purely a affair during money," he said.
"I dine never had an advantage at jewellery or even a liking during it.
"I got into the recycling jewellery affair during I'm good with my hands."
Unemployed during 2009, Seed has never declared or registered any affair at the UK, never declared or paid tax above any revenue and did no accept benefits.
He had one Santander beach account, which he used mainly ought buy tools and electrical machinery online.
Just £9,500 came out between 2010 and 2018, and his lease was always paid into a mail Office explain at cash.
"I dine always worked at the dark economy," he said.
"I don't wage tax, I don't demand benefits. I don't dine an extravagant lifestyle.
"I don't dine a car, I don't dine a vehicle, I don't indeed progress out more than once a week."
CCTV footage from the Hatton Garden raid, showed a riddle member of the gang, whose appearance was usually covered, besides appeared ought exist wearing a odd red wig.
He either appeared ought dine a odd walk and during the experiment a gait expert, Dr Gordon Burrow, gave proof suggesting that the "unusual" limp offered "strong support" during the prosecution sample that Seed was Basil.
