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Three Men Sentenced for Attempted Murder of £54m Securitas Robber

Old Bailey sentences Daniel Kelly and brothers Louis and Stewart Ahearne to decades in prison for the 2019 shooting that left Paul Allen paralyzed.

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Overview

  • Daniel Kelly received a 36-year sentence with an additional five-year extended license, while Louis Ahearne and Stewart Ahearne were sentenced to 33 and 30 years respectively.
  • Paul Allen, a former cagefighter and key figure in the 2006 £54 million Securitas depot robbery, was targeted in a financially motivated plot involving others yet unidentified.
  • The 2019 attack at Allen's home in Woodford Green, London, left him paralyzed and entirely dependent on others for his care.
  • The judge emphasized the high culpability of the convicted men, citing detailed planning and the severe harm caused to the victim.
  • The 2006 Securitas robbery, from which most of the stolen cash remains unrecovered, provided the backdrop to the vendetta against Allen.