Brian Reader, pictured, 77, has been jailed for six years and three months over his part in the Hatton Garden jewellery heist
Brian Reader, oldest member of gang,77, jailed for more than six years over Hatton Garden heist
Comes after he suffered a stroke last month while awaiting sentencing ... appeared via video link
Comes after he suffered a stroke last month while awaiting sentencing ... appeared via video link
77, other six members of the gang jailed for a total of 34 years earlier in March
The oldest member of the Hatton Garden heist gang Brian Reader, 77, has been jailed over the £14million jewellery raid.
Reader, who was the ringleader of the gang, was sentenced today at Woolwich Crown Court after previously suffering a stroke last month.
Appearing via video link at Woolwich Crown Court, Reader, who the court was told now uses a walking frame, was sentenced to six years and three months by Judge Christopher Kinch QC.
The gang drilled through the concrete of the building's basement vault before two of them got inside to steal £14million worth of gems
Reader, of Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September.
The pensioner was said to be fighting for his life last month after his health scare while awaiting sentence at Belmarsh Prison.
He was moved to an intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Woolwich, south east London.
Earlier this month Judge Kinch QC sentenced the other six members of the gang - who have a combined age of 448 - to a total of 34 years in jail.
Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 61, and John 'Kenny' Collins, 75, were all handed seven-year sentences.
Photo: PAJohn 'Kenny' Collins (left), Daniel Jones (centre) and Terry Perkins (right) all received seven year jail sentences earlier this month for their part in the raid
Photo: PA
William 'Billy the Fish' Lincoln, centre, also got seven years while Carl Wood, left, who quit the gang halfway through the crime, got six years and Hugh Doyle, right, who let the men use his office, received a suspended sentence
William 'Billy the Fish' Lincoln, centre, also got seven years while Carl Wood, left, who quit the gang halfway through the crime, got six years and Hugh Doyle, right, who let the men use his office, received a suspended sentence
Quartermaster William 'Billy the Fish' Lincoln, 60, also got seven years while Carl Wood, 59, who quit the gang halfway through the raid, got six years. Hugh Doyle, 49, who allowed the group to use his office, got a suspended sentence.
Reader was the oldest of the gang, dubbed the 'Bad Grampas' and he even travelled to the robbery on a bus using a pensioner's 'Freedom Pass'.
A police officer in the case described him as 'the last of the gentlemen thieves.'
The second-hand car dealer, from Dartford, was jailed for his part in the infamous Brink's Mat robbery in 1983.
The notorious heist involved armed robbers stealing £26million in gold bullion from Brink's Mat, near London's Heathrow Airport.
Reader was also jailed at the Old Bailey in 1986 for conspiracy to handle stolen goods.
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