‘Hatton Garden? I had to beg for my share’

The oldest member of the Hatton Garden heist gang launched his appeal against a £6.5m confiscation order claiming he was cut out of his share of the loot. Brian Reader, 79, masterminded the £14m jewellery raid in London’s diamond district over Easter weekend in 2015. The career criminal was known as ‘The Guv’nor’ led the gang that stole 70 safety deposit boxes containing gems worth up to £35m. Reader, who suffered prostate cancer and a series of strokes, was released…