Three men jailed for plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber

Paul Allen, then 41, was paralysed for life after shots were fired at his large detached rented home in Woodford Green, north-east London, in 2019.

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00:00The total sentence I pass will be an extended sentence of 41 years, which is a custodial

00:07term of 36 years, plus an extension period of five years.

00:15The judge singled out Daniel Kelly as the shooter and highlighted him having been higher

00:23up in the chain of the conspiracy, as she also told of him being the subject of two outstanding

00:31extradition requests.

00:33One to Switzerland for a Geneva Museum burglary and another to Japan for an alleged robbery.

00:42During the trial, prosecutors alleged the background to the shooting was that the victim,

00:49Paul Allen was a quote-unquote sophisticated career criminal.

00:54The court heard how Allen was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court in 2009 for his part in Britain's

01:02biggest armed robbery at Securitas in Kent, in which £54 million in cash was stolen, much

01:10of which has never been recovered.

01:16Louis O'Hearn, will you stand up please?

01:19I am satisfied that in your case a determinate sentence is appropriate, and any time that

01:25you have spent on remand in relation to this offence will be deducted administratively.

01:31You will be released from custody no later than two-thirds of the way through the sentence,

01:35and the remainder of the sentence will be served on licence in the community.

01:39You must comply with all the conditions of your licence, failing which you will be at risk

01:43of recall to prison to serve the remainder of the term in custody.

01:48The sentence I pass is a determinate sentence of 33 years' imprisonment.

01:54You may sit down.

01:56Stuart O'Hearn, I am satisfied that in your case a long determinate sentence is appropriate.

02:03Any time that you have spent on remand in relation to this offence will be deducted administratively.

02:08You will be released from custody no later than two-thirds of the way through the sentence,

02:13and the remainder of the sentence will be served on licence in the community.

02:18You must comply with all the conditions of your licence, failing which you will be at risk

02:22of recall to prison to serve the remainder of the term in custody.

02:26The sentence I pass is one of 30 years' imprisonment.