Hatton Garden heist mastermind Brian Reader is dead aged 84: Gangster who made more than 200million from string of raids including Brink’s-Mat robbery dies after cancer battle [Video]

10:37 EDT 23 Apr 2024, updated 14:15 EDT 23 Apr 2024

The mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist Brian ‘The Guvnor’ Reader is dead aged 84 after a cancer battle.

The notorious career criminal, who was the ringleader of one of the most famous raids in British history, died in September last year after a fight with colon and prostate cancer.

Reader made more than £200million from a string of hits, including the 1983 Brink’s-Matt robbery where armed robbers stole £26million in gold bullion from a warehouse near London‘s Heathrow Airport. 

He was the oldest member of the ‘Diamond Wheezers’ heist which stole £14million worth of gems and bullion in a bank deposit heist in Hatton Garden in 2015. The famous raid has been the subject of three feature films, including 2018’s King of Thieves starring Michael Caine. 

The robber was jailed for six years and three months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. He was released …