The Hatton Garden raiders were dubbed "Dad's Army" on account of their advanced age and many had extensive criminal records going back decades. BBC News takes a look at the men behind the audacious plot to steal precious metals, cash and jewels worth more than £14m. Brian Reader (known by the gang as "The Master") Date of Birth: 28.02.1939 Address: Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent Plea: Admitted conspiracy to burgle Reader, a career criminal known as "The Master" and "The Governor" by his fellow gang members, had stood trial in the 1980s accused of murdering a police officer. He was chosen to mastermind the Hatton Garden raid due to his involvement in the notorious Brinks Mat robbery of 1983....
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