A tenth man is arrested by officers investigating the Hatton Garden heist as eight others appear in court.
Eight men accused of conspiring to carry out the Hatton Garden jewellery raid have been remanded in custody, as it was revealed that the losses run in “excess of £10m”.
It is alleged that the men plotted together to enter Hatton Garden Safety Deposit as trespassers, with intent to steal therein. Their haul from the 73 looted safety deposit boxes was valued “in excess of £10m”, the prosecutor Edmund Hall said.
Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58, and Hugh Doyle, 48, all of Enfield, north London; William Lincoln, 59, of Bethnal Green, east London; and John Collins, 74, of Islington, north London, all appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Also in court were Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, both from Dartford, Kent, and Carl Wood, 58, from Cheshunt, Herts, who face the same charge of conspiracy to burgle between April 1 and May 19, this year.
Police said a 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday morning. He is the tenth to be apprehended by officers from the Flying Squad in connection with the investigation, which is ongoing. Another man, arrested on May 19, has been bailed pending further inquiries.
The eight in court on Thursday arrived in a convoy of police vans, escorted by armed officers, and spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth.
When they first stepped into the courtroom, some supporters in the packed public gallery waved towards the dock, before sitting and listening to the brief hearing.
The men were remanded in custody over their alleged participation in the raid. They are due to next appear at Southwark Crown Court on June 4 for a preliminary hearing.
The raid on the safety deposit vault in London’s jewellery quarter took place over the Easter weekend. Officers believe they got into the building, which houses a number of businesses, through a communal entrance before disabling the lift so they could climb down the shaft to the basement.
It is thought that they then forced open shutter doors and used a drill to bore a hole 20 inches deep, 10 inches high and 18 inches into the vault wall. Once inside, the thieves ransacked dozens of safety deposit boxes, taking millions of pounds-worth of items.
After facing criticism for the way the incident was handled, the Met Police apologised for not following procedures when receiving a call from a security firm about an intruder alert at the premises at midnight on Good Friday.
But Flying Squad detectives rejected the suggestion that they were bungling “Keystone Cops”.