CCTV released by the Metropolitan Police in relation to the Hatton Garden case shows Collins, Perkins and Reader in the Castle pub.
The gangster made more than £200 million from a string of raids including the Brink's-Mat robbery in 1983.
In appeared in court a year later in wheelchair having suffered a stroke as well as battling prostate cancer. The burglars worked through the four-day weekend of the Easter and Passover Bank Holiday, when many of the nearby businesses were closed.The burglars worked through the four-day weekend of the Easter and Passover Bank Holiday, when many of the nearby businesses were closed
It is the subject of three feature films including 2018's King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, and Michael Gambon. The bullion theft remains one of the biggest heists ever to take place in Britain - the gold taken was worth around £500million at today's gold prices. He is one of the two men who actually got through the small hole the gang drilled into the vault and went through safety deposit boxes before handing out the loot.
He was initially jailed for seven years in March 2016 after admitting conspiracy to commit burglary however a further six years and 287 days was later added to this after he failed to pay back £6,599,021.John 'Kenny' Collins was part of the Islington side of the gang and has a long string of convictions for crimes including robbery, handling stolen goods and fraud dating back to 1961.
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