Securitas trial: "£153m left behind"
Updated on 27 June 2007
A jury is told £153m was untouched because robbers ran out of room in their lorry.
Thieves who raided a cash depot in Kent left behind more than a £153m - because they couldn't stuff any more money into their lorry, the Old Bailey's been told today.
The jury's also heard details about how tight security at the Securitas building was breached.
How it happened
The prosecution revealed that depot manager, Mr Colin Dixon, left the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge for the 50 mile journey home on 21 Feb 2007.
On the way he was flagged down on A249 by two men dressed as policemen, rubber masks disguising their faces.
They took him at gunpoint to an isolated farm - where he was forced to reveal how to get into the depot. Mr Dixon's wife was told he'd been involved in an accident.
Men dressed as police officers then kidnapped his wife and young child - and took them to the same farm.
The gang then took Mr Dixon and family to the depot, where they gained entry and robbed the facility of £53 m, loaded into a lorry.
