‘Basil’ denies Hatton Garden raid

The Hatton Garden suspect known as ‘Basil’ today (tues) denied taking part in an identical £1million heist carried out five years earlier. Michael Seed, 58, had been awaiting trial for his part in the notorious Hatton Garden heist which saw £25 million worth of jewels, gold ingots and cash looted from safety deposit boxes. Seed, who was arrested at a council flat where gems allegedly representing to part of the booty from the 2015 raid were said to have been…