A bid by one of the masterminds behind a £7 million heist at Heathrow to cut his jail term has failed. The plot saw two security van drivers steal £7 million in cash from the British Airways cargo depot on March 14, 2017.
Rafaqat Hussain, 42, was "at the heart" of a plot which netted the gang 26 bags full of cash. The money was then spirited abroad in an "extraordinarily slick" operation and has never been recovered.
Hussain, of Chadwick Road, Slough, also plotted the burglary and trashing of an 88-year-old woman's £1 million home in a bid to lower its asking price so he could buy it. He also pleaded guilty to conspiracies to steal and launder money at Kingston Crown Court in October, and was jailed for 10 years and three months.
