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The mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist Brian 'The Guvnor' Reader has died, aged 84.
The gangster made more than £200 million from a string of raids including the Brink's-Mat robbery in 1983.
It is thought his family had tried to keep his death a secret, reported The Sun, but a death certificate showed he had died in September 2023 after battling colon and prostate cancer.
He was the ringleader of one of the most famous raids in British history when £14million worth of jewellery was snatched in Hatton Garden.
He was jailed for six years and three months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit