How the real Hatton Garden robbery played out

New ITV drama depicts elderly criminals as they carry out ‘largest burglary in English legal history’

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Five of the men involved in the biggest burglary in British history have been jailed for a combined 34 years.

John Collins, 75, Carl Wood, 59, Daniel Jones, 61, Terry Perkins, 67, and William Lincoln, 60, pleaded guilty to stealing jewels worth around £14m from safety deposit boxes in Hatton Garden last year.

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