Dr Gordon Burrow said there was 'strong support' from video evidence for the prosecution case that Michael Seed (pictured), 58, was the final member of the team who carried out the £13.7 million Hatton Garden Heist.
The 'unusual' walk of a man accused of role in Hatton Garden Heist has been likened to Charlie Chaplin's, a foot expert told a court.
Dr Gordon Burrow said there was 'strong support' from video evidence shown to Woolwich Crown Court, that Michael Seed, nicknamed Basil is the man seen in CCTV images carrying a black bin bag to and from the scene of the raid at an underground safe-deposit facility
Alleged thief, Seed is the final member of the team to go on trial for the £13.7 million heist in London in which cash and gems was stolen from 73 boxes in Easter bank holiday during 2015.
Dr Burrow, an expert in podiatry and chiropody, said the man in the Hatton Garden footage had feet which were slightly abducted' [meaning they stick out slightly].
He told jurors an extreme example of foot abduction would result in a walk that resembles that of Charlie Chaplin.
Dr Burrow was asked to compare Basil's walk with that of Seed, in covert footage taken as he strolled around Canary Wharf on April 28, 2016.
'The conclusion is there is strong support for the proposition the unknown in question in the footage is that of the known footage by analysing features of the gait,' said Dr Burrow, giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday.
'There are numerous consistencies and similarities of gait features between the unknown and that of the known suspect, which would support the proposition they are probably the same person.'
Prosecutors say Michael Seed was recorded on CCTV inside the safe-deposit facility, wearing a wig, a mask, ear defenders and a hat
The gang used a industrial drill to bore through concrete into the vault beneath Hatton Garden
Dr Burrow also highlighted how Basil's right foot 'doesn't appear to clear the ground well'.
'The classic case of seeing somebody with
