Four armed robbers are facing jail after being found guilty by a judge in an historic trial - the first to be heard without a jury.
John Twomey, Peter Blake, Barry Hibberd and Glenn Cameron were convicted at the Old Bailey of charges relating to a £1.75 million heist at a Heathrow warehouse in February 2004.
New laws meant the trial could be heard by a judge alone after the Court of Appeal ruled there was a serious danger that a jury could be corrupted.
It was the first serious criminal trial to be held without a jury in England and Wales. There had been three previous failed attempts to try the case, lasting up to six months at a time.
The total cost to the taxpayer is estimated to be at least £25 million - more than 14 times the amount stolen.
At the end of the fourth trial, Mr Justice Treacy passed guilty verdicts on all four of the accused.
The "hallowed principle" of trial by jury was set aside by the Court of Appeal in June last year, in the first case using powers under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, but campaigners called the decision "a dangerous precedent".
