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Brian Henry Reader (28 February 1939 – September 2023) was a British gangster and villain, who has been described as "one of the busiest crooks in the British underworld", [1] and a "ringleader" [2] of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary in 2015. Early life and career.
Apr 26, 2024 · Brian Reader, known by some coppers as 'the last of the gentleman thieves,' has passed away at the age of 84. Renowned for his involvement in the Hatton Garden Heist and the Brink's-Mat robbery, Reader earned the moniker 'Guv'nor' in certain crooked circles.
Apr 23, 2024 · HATTON Garden heist mastermind Brian Reader has died aged 84 after pulling off some of the most lucrative raids in British history. The gangster made more than £200million from high-profile ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Brian Reader, the man behind the Hatton Garden heist, has died at the age of 84. He is infamous for his role in high profile raids across the country where he made more than £200million...
Friday April 26 2024, 12.01am, The Times. Michael Caine channelled his ample Cockney charm when playing Brian Reader in the 2018 film King of Thieves, personifying the quintessential “gentleman thief” who assembles a gang of ageing criminals and pulls off a sensational heist.
A career criminal who was the mastermind of the Hatton Garden robbery and involved in the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery has died of cancer aged 84. Brian “the Guv’nor” Reader is believed to have made more than £200 million from various raids over the years., including one on Lloyds Bank in Baker Street, London, in 1971.
Apr 27, 2024 · BRIAN READER, who has died aged 84, appeared to defy the adage that “crime does not pay”, making an estimated £200 million from robberies including the 2015 Hatton Garden safe-deposit heist and the 1983 Brink’s-Mat bullion theft; known as “the guvnor”, he cultivated an air of middleclass respectability and was described by one ...
