http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7795382.stm
In short:
Michael Demetris, a 32 year-old man from south London, has been cleared by jurors of taking part in the £53m raid on a Securitas depot in Kent which was Britain’s biggest cash robbery ever. Jurors cleared him of conspiracy to rob, kidnap and possess firearms. The jurors heard claims against Mr. Demetris stating that he helped produce disguises for the robbery gang. Demetris himself said that he thought they were for a video game being produced by the gang. Jurors still have to reach a verdict on Paul Allen from Kent who faces the same charges as Mr. Demetris. Five other people were jailed earlier this year for the raid in February 2006.
What does René think about this:
With such a big robbery it is good that the court is really putting much effort in getting the guilty sentenced. Sometimes you see that there is a lot of prestige involved in getting people sentenced in big cases, but in this case you see that it is not always like that. Although I don’t know much about the whole case, it sound plausible that Mr. Demetris didn’t know that he was helping a gang in their robbery. I can imagine that the gang didn’t want to many people to know that they were going to perform the biggest robbery in British history.
