Three men have been found guilty of involvement in the multimillion pound Hatton Garden jewellery heist.

The raid, which happened over the Easter weekend last year, was masterminded by a Dartford man.

Four men have been on trial at Woolwich Crown Court since November for what the prosecution described as the “largest burglary in British legal history”.

Today, William Lincoln, 60, of Winkley Street, Bethnal Green, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, were found guilty of conspiracy to burgle, and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property.

Hugh Doyle, 48, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of concealing, converting or transferring criminal property.

John Harbinson, 42, of Beresford Gardens, Benfleet, Essex, was found not guilty of having any involvement.

Brian Reader, 76, of Dartford Road, was labelled the “guv’nor” of the raid.

A haul worth £14 million of jewels, gold and cash was stolen when a gang bore a hole through a thick concrete wall and broke into a vault.

Only around a third of the haul has been recovered after the gang ransacked 73 safety deposit boxes, of which 29 were empty.

The trial heard that when Reader’s house was raided, police found diamond magazines, a book on the gem underworld, a diamond tester and diamond gauge.

He was involved in the planning, present at meetings before and after the burglary and was even said to have travelled to the scene by bus using an Oyster card.

During the trial the jury heard that Brian Reader was also involved in the Brink's Mat gold bullion armed robbery in 1983.

He was later jailed for eight years for conspiracy to handle stolen goods from the £26 million warehouse raid at Heathrow Airport.

Reader’s son Paul, 50, also of Dartford Road, was also arrested in connection with the heist but had a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary later dropped against him.

To break into the vault, the gang allegedly posed as gas repairmen and entered through its fire escape.

It took them three years to plan the raid and the ringleaders watched YouTube videos of how to use powerful concrete piercing drills, the court heard.

Other ringleaders were John Collins, 74, of Islington, Daniel Jones, 58, of Enfield, and Terry Perkins, 67, also of Enfield.

They and Reader all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle with intent to steal jewellery ahead of the trial.

Sentencing will take place at a later date.