MEN CONVICTED OF £40M GRAFF JEWELLERY ROBBERY IN LONDON
Baku, July 6 (AZERTAC). Two more men accused of taking part in the UK`s biggest jewellery robbery have been found guilty, according to the BBC.
Diamonds worth £40m were stolen from the Graff store in central London in August last year.
Solomun Beyene, 25, of St John`s Wood, and Clinton Mogg, 43, of Bournemouth, were found guilty of conspiracy to rob at Woolwich Crown Court.
Two other men have already been found guilty. The jury could not reach a verdict on Craig Calderwood, 27.
Thomas Thomas, 46, of East Finchley, north London, and Aman Kassaye, 25, of Battersea, south London, were convicted of conspiracy to rob at an earlier hearing.
Kassaye, the plot`s mastermind, was also convicted of possessing a firearm.
The court has heard Beyene was his right hand man.
He and Mogg were both found guilty by a majority verdict of the jury after 16 days of deliberations.
The jurors failed to reach a verdict on Mr Calderwood, of no fixed abode, and he was discharged.
He had been accused of conspiracy to rob, possession of a handgun and possession of a sawn-off shotgun.
He admitted taking part but claims he was forced into this by criminals.
Mr Calderwood will find out if he faces a retrial at 1030 BST on Wednesday.
The other defendants will be sentenced at a later date.
The gems stolen in the “high stakes” raid have never been recovered, despite being laser stamped with an identifying code.
One diamond necklace alone has been valued at Ј3.5m.
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