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Three Men Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Plot to Kill £54m Securitas Robber

Daniel Kelly and brothers Louis and Stewart Ahearne were sentenced at the Old Bailey for a 2019 shooting that left Paul Allen paralyzed.

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Overview

  • Daniel Kelly received a 36-year sentence with an extended five-year license, while Louis Ahearne was sentenced to 33 years and Stewart Ahearne to 30 years, all serving at least two-thirds of their terms.
  • Paul Allen, a former cage fighter and participant in the UK's largest cash robbery, was shot twice in his Woodford Green home, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
  • The attack was meticulously planned, involving surveillance, a tracker device on Allen's car, and six shots fired through his kitchen window by a Glock handgun.
  • The convicted men had also burgled a Geneva museum in June 2019, stealing Ming dynasty porcelain worth £2.78 million, and attempted to sell one piece in Hong Kong.
  • Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC emphasized the financial motive behind the conspiracy and stated that others beyond the three convicted men were likely involved.