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Hatton Garden Heist: Ninth Man Charged

Hatton Garden Heist: Ninth Man Charged

A ninth man has been charged with conspiracy to burgle in relation to the Hatton Garden jewellery raid last month.

John Harbinson, 42, of Benfleet, Essex will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday, a day after being arrested.

The vault at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company in London was broken into over the Easter weekend.

Eight men have already been remanded in custody over the incident and will appear at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 4 June.

Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58 and Hugh Doyle, 48, all of Enfield, each face a charge of conspiracy to burgle.

William Lincoln, 59, of Bethnal Green, and John Collins, 74, of north London, Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, both of Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt, face the same charge.

Prosecutor Edmund Hall told the court yesterday that a vault containing 73 safety deposit boxes had been raided and that, while the total value of the goods stolen was not yet known, it ran "in excess of £10m".

The Met Police apologised for not following procedures when received a call from a security firm about an intruder alert at the premises at midnight on Good Friday.