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New £53m raid pictures released

This robber has been given the nickname Policeman
This robber has been given the nickname Policeman

MORE images of the robbers who carried out Britain's biggest ever cash raid have been released.

The CCTV pictures were shown to the jury at the Old Bailey during the trial of seven men.

The images show the robbers inside the Securitas depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge. There are also pictures of the weapons used.

The robbers have been given nicknames.

Sir John Nutting, QC, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey this was because disguises used during the heist make it impossible to be precise over the identity of the raiders captured on camera.

The court has heard how gang members posing as police officers abducted depot boss Colin Dixon, 52, on his way home from work.

They grabbed his wife Lynn and young child from the family home in Herne Bay and drove them to a remote farm.

There Mr Dixon was forced to hand over the depot's security secrets before travelling with the gang to Tonbridge.

Once inside, the gang rounded up staff and held them at gunpoint before fleeing with £53m - the biggest robbery haul in British history.

The seven men remaining on trial are John Fowler, 58, Stuart Royle, 48, Emir Hysenaj, 27, Jetmir Bucpapa, 26, Lea Rusha, 24, Roger Coutts, 30, and Keith Borer, 53.

Car dealer Fowler of Elderden Farm, Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst, car salesman Royle of Allen Street, Maidstone, unemployed Bucpapa of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, roofer Rusha of Lambersart Close, Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, Hysenaj, of New Road, Crowborough, Sussex and Coutts, a garage owner of The Green, Welling, all deny conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to possess a firearm at the time of committing and offence.

Borer, of Little Venice Country Park, Hampstead Lane, Yalding, near Maidstone, denies handling stolen goods.

Hairdresser Michelle Hogg, of Brinklow Crescent, Woolwich, south-east London, was cleared on Wednesday of conspiracy to rob and other offences after the prosecution dropped the charges.

The trial continues.

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