Four men have pleaded guilty to involvement in the Hatton Garden heist in which a gang broke into a concrete vault and ransacked valuables held in scores of safety deposit boxes.
John Collins, Daniel Jones, Terence Perkins and Brian Reader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle during a hearing at Woolwich crown court on Friday.
A total of nine people face trial; only seven have so far entered pleas while two - Paul Reader and Carl Wood - are applying for the Crown to dismiss the charges.
Hugh Doyle, John Harbinson, and William Lincoln pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to burgle.
All nine also face a second charge of conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or transfer a quantity of jewellery and other items between April 1 and May 19.
All seven who have entered pleas pleaded not guilty to this charge.
The burglary in Hatton Garden over Easter weekend earlier this year is believed to haveled to around £10m pounds worth of jewels, cash and other valuables being stolen by a gang who bored a hole through a thick concrete wall to enter the vault in the heart of London’s diamond district.
During the heist the gang rifled through 72 secure boxes.
Detectives investigating the Hatton Garden heist believe they have recovered most of the valuables stolen in the raid.
Police were alerted to the Hatton Garden safety deposit burglary just after 8am on Tuesday 7 April after the Easter holiday weekend, during which time the facility was closed.
Detectives and forensic experts were confronted by a chaotic scene; dust, debris and discarded safety deposit boxes were scattered throughout.
