Three men have been jailed at the Old Bailey today for plotting to murder a cage fighter who stole £54million in Britain’s biggest cash robbery.
Paul Allen, 46, was left paralysed from the chest down after he was shot at his home in Woodford, east London, in July 2019.
Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, alongside Daniel Kelly, 46, have been jailed for 33, 30 and 36 years respectively.
Allen was convicted for his part in stealing millions in cash from the Securitas depot in Kent in 2006, most of which has never been recovered.
The judge said today: ‘I have no doubt that this agreement to murder Paul Allen involved other people apart from the three of you and that you three were motivated by a promise of financial gain.
‘The culpability of each one of you is very high.
‘The harm caused to the victim was very serious – indeed, short of killing him it could hardly be more serious.
‘He is currently paralysed and relies on others for every single need.’
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