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Article: Family gang who stole GBP 80m from 'lords and ladies' jailed for 49 years
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- August 7, 2008
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THEY declared their right to "rob the lords, sirs and ladies"
when they featured in a BBC documentary and went on to do just that,
pulling off the largest burglary in British history and stealing
antiques worth an estimated GBP 80 million.
The Johnson gang, part of a notorious traveller family who struck
stately homes across the country, were jailed for up to 11 years
each.
The five men, including a father and his two sons, used their
home at a static caravan site to plan raids on at least seven
stately homes, later storing priceless paintings, porcelain and
antiques in an underground bunker in a friend's field.
While a number of items were recovered by police, the vast
majority of ...