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Men go on trial charged with money laundering after Britain's biggest robbery

The Securitas depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge, was raided in February 2006.
The Securitas depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge, was raided in February 2006.

The trial of two men accused of laundering money stolen in the £53million Securitas robbery.

Ian Bowrem, a 46-year-old company director of Manor Road, Basingstoke, and debt collector Jeremy Bailey, 32, of Ottery St Mary in Devon, are both charged with concealing £1million.

Some of the money was identified as coming from the Tonbridge depot, which was raided on the night of February 21-22, 2006.

Depot manager Colin Dixon, who was then living in Hadleigh Gardens, Herne Bay, his wife Lynn and young child were kidnapped and taken hostage while 14 staff were held at gunpoint during the terrifying raid.

The robbers escaped with £53million.

In 2008, gang members Stuart Royle, 48, Jetmir Bucpapa, 26, Lea Rusha, 35, Emir Hysenaj, 28, Roger Coutts, 30, were convicted for their parts in the robbery.

Around £20million has been recovered by police since the robbery, but millions more remains unaccounted for.

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