Ben Ando describes the scene in Woolwich Crown Court as three men are found guilty of being involved in the Hatton Garden heist.

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Outdated security systems made the Hatton Garden heist possible, according to a victim who suffered a six-figure dent to his pension fund. 

Retired jeweller Kjeld Jacobsen, who ran his own store in the Fulham Road for more than 45 years, said modern systems alert business owners on their mobile phones the second there is a break-in. 

He had uninsured jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of pounds in his safety deposit box - cruelly, it was the first time he had used such a service. 

Some of his valuables - of which about a third have been recovered - were earmarked to be melted down by the burglars before they were saved by Flying Squad officers. 

The Dane, who was hit by a string of violent robberies when he was in business, said: "The equipment and everything else they had was not up to date. They should have had film cameras there that they could have looked at on their mobiles or on their PCs."

Daniel Sandford
Home Affairs Correspondent

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When detectives first arrived at the scene of the audacious Hatton Garden heist it looked like the raiders might have pulled off the perfect crime - there were no fingerprints and CCTV hard drives were missing. The thieves were careful, but their meticulous planning was undone by their old school tactics.  

Ringleaders John "Kenny" Collins, 75, Daniel Jones, 60, Terry Perkins, 67, and the group's oldest member Brian Reader, 76, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September. 

It can now also be reported that Perkins's daughter Terri Robinson, 35, of Sterling Road, Enfield, faces being jailed alongside him after she pleaded guilty to concealing, converting or transferring criminal property. 

Her brother-in-law Brenn Walters, 43, who is also known as Ben Perkins, also admitted the same offence.

Carl Wood, 58, of Elderbeck Close, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire; and William Lincoln, 60, of Winkley Street, Bethnal Green, east London, were convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property. 

Jon Harbinson, 42, of Beresford Gardens, Benfleet, Essex, was cleared of the two offences. 

Plumber Hugh Doyle, 48, of Riverside Gardens, Enfield, north London, was found guilty of concealing, converting or transferring criminal property between 1 January and 19 May last year. 

None of the men showed any reaction as they were convicted. 

Another thief, known only as "Basil", let his co-conspirators into the building by opening the fire escape from inside.

He has not been identified. All of the men are due to be sentenced by Judge Christopher Kinch QC on 7 March. 

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Three men have been found guilty of being involved in the £14 milllion Hatton Garden raid - believed the biggest burglary in British history. 

The gang of thieves carried out the "sophisticated" and meticulously planned break-in over the Easter weekend last year. 

They ransacked 73 boxes at Hatton Garden Safety Deposit Ltd after using a drill to bore a hole into the vault wall.

Valuables worth up to £14 million, including gold, diamonds and sapphires, were taken. Two thirds of them remain unrecovered. 

Daniel Sandford
Home Affairs Correspondent

The sentencing of Carl Wood and Bill Lincoln has been adjourned to the 7 March. 

There will be legal discussions this afternoon about the sentencing of Hugh Doyle. 

Jon Harbinson has been set free after eight months in prison.

Ben Ando
BBC News

As Jon Harbinson left the dock the other defendants shook his hand.  

Jon Harbinson was cleared of involvement in the raid, which saw a gang of thieves carry out a "sophisticated" and meticulously planned break-in over the Easter weekend last year in London's jewellery quarter.

Carl Wood, William Lincoln and Hugh Doyle have been convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of involvement in the Hatton Garden raid, believed to the largest burglary in British legal history in which jewellery and valuables worth an estimated £14 million were stolen.

BBC Sport

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed the signing of FC Basel midfielder Mohamed Elneny.

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The 23-year-old, who reportedly cost about £5m, is eligible to play in the Champions League.

Speaking after the 3-3 draw at Liverpool, Wenger said: "He has joined us and we will see if he can qualify for Sunday."

Courtney Hayles has been named Mills & Boon's Man of the Year.

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The Battersea-born actor and motivational speaker beat 300 other entrants in the inaugural nationwide hunt to find a new romantic hero.

The competition was judged by ex-Loose Women presenter Denise Welch, Strictly Come Dancing professional Robin Windsor and Rosie Nixon, editor of Hello! magazine.

His prize includes gracing the cover of the romance publisher's Valentine's Day book, It Had To Be You, by Barbara Hannay and Nikki Logan.

Labour's Baroness Jowell has questioned whether "Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party" has what it takes to win an election and form a government.

She said elections in May would be a "big first test" for the party as they face the London mayoral, Scottish, Welsh and English local elections.

The party had "turned left", she said, away from a centre-left position which she said had been "most effective".

Her comments come as Labour's membership has reportedly soared.

Baroness Jowell, a former minister in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments, told BBC London's Vanessa Feltz radio show that Jeremy Corbyn "carried a tide" with an "extraordinary level" of "enthusiastic support" from hundreds of thousands of Labour Party members.

BBC Radio London's Jo Good is shown around the catacombs of Brompton Cemetery.

She is broadcasting live from the cemetery, which has been awarded a £6.2m lottery grant, until 16:00.

Listen to the show here.

BBC Weather

There'll be spells of rain and sleet moving in on a strengthening wind. 

This should gradually transfer eastwards later though, allowing some late brightness in the west towards towards Twickenham. 

Highs of 5C (41F).

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Born in west London, Alan Rickman played many iconic roles on stage and screen.

He shot to film stardom in 1998 as Hans Gruber, Bruce Willis's adversary, in Die Hard.

Rickman would play another notable villain as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

He also gained legions of fans for his role as Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.

His romantic roles included Love Actually and Truly, Madly, Deeply with Juliet Stevenson.

A statement has been released by Alan Rickman's family:

"The actor and director Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69. He was surrounded by family and friends." 

Labour's shadow home secretary has "cautiously welcomed" the announcement that the Met is set to train 600 more armed officers. 

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Andy Burnham said it was "good news in the wake of the Paris attacks but we do have to ask where the money is coming from."

Meanwhile, Labour MP for Streatham Chuka Umunna said he "welcomed" the move but it was "important that the police abide by the strict legal framework that applies to their use of lethal force".

The actor Alan Rickman has died of cancer at the age of 69, his agent has confirmed.

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Civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti is to quit her role at campaign group Liberty.

The 46-year-old described her 12 years as Liberty's director as an "enormous privilege", and said she was leaving the group "stronger than ever".

Under her leadership, Liberty, which was founded in 1934, has campaigned on issues such as stop-and-search powers and compulsory ID cards.