HEIST LAG WAS OUT FOR XMAS

£14m Hatton raider home

A HATTON Garden heist ringleader enjoyed Christmas at home.

order imposed on him and three other ringleaders.

John “Kenny” Collins, 78, served just

Described by one of the gang in secret three-and-a-half years for his part in police recordings as “wombat-thick”, he the £14million raid. was the wealthiest of the raiders.

He is now back in his former council More than £1m of his cash and assets house in north London. been found.

Only one of the four convicted As well as a £175,000 flat on ringleaders now the Costa del Sol, police have remains in jail despite recovered £661,698 from nine prosecutors claiming millions of his bank accounts. of pounds worth of Collins must also hand jewels are still missing. over another £410,000 – half

Collins, who suffers from the value of the home he high blood pressure, diabetes shares with his partner. and arthritis, was The gang ransacked 73 safe released on licence from deposit boxes at the vault in Belmarsh Prison in southeast London’s jewellery quarter London a month ago after tunnelling a huge hole after serving half of his in the wall with a diamondtipped seven-year sentence. drill at Easter 2015.

He has since enjoyed the The total value of the festive period with his FREEDOM: Collins robbery is contested, but friends and family in Islinghave the courts have agreed it ton, north London. Looking much slimmer was a minimum of £13.6m. than he was when jailed, Collins was seen Collins and raid mastermind Brian Reader, walking to his local shops this week to buy 79, have been given leave by the Court of a newspaper. Appeal to challenge the proceeds of crime

Collins, played by actor Tom Courtenay order and it is understood Collins will in King Of Thieves, the Hollywood movie remain free until that is settled. A hearing of the heist, faces a further seven-year jail is due next month. term if he fails to pay a £6.5m confiscation