Five of the gang responsible for the biggest burglary in English history have been jailed for a combined 34 years.

John Collins, 75, Danny Jones, 61, and Terry Perkins, 67, pleaded guilty to their involvement in the Hatton Garden raid and were all sentenced to seven years in jail at Woolwich Crown Court today.

William Lincoln, 60, and Carl Wood, 59, both denied any part in the £14m jewelry raid but were found guilty, with Lincoln set for seven years in prison and Wood behind bars for six.

Hugh Doyle, 49, escaped a jail term, but was handed a 21-month sentence, suspended for two years.

Meanwhile, Dartford pensioner Brian Reader is still yet to appear for sentencing.

Reader, 77, is currently in Belmarsh Prison's hospital wing and it was revealed on Monday that he may only have months to live.

March 21 has been set as a possible fallback date for his sentencing.

The pensioner was taken into hospital last month after suffering a stroke.

Reader is thought to have received treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and footage of him being escorted by an armed guard was broadcast by Sky News.

Over the weekend, Reader's lawyer questioned whether Reader - the so-called "guv'nor" - should have been escorted by armed police in hospital.

Speaking in court today, Judge Christopher Kinch QC said: "The burglary of the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit vault in April 2015 has been labelled by many - including some defendants and advocates in this case - as the biggest burglary in English legal history.

"Whether that assertion is capable of proof, I do not know.

"However, it is clear that the burglary at the heart of this case stands in a class of its own in the scale of the ambition, the detail of the planning, the level of preparation and the organisation of the team carrying it out, and in terms of the value of the property stolen."