A 31-year-old man has admitted his part in Britain’s biggest cash robbery.

Paul Allen, of Huntersfield Close, Chatham, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to possess a firearm in the £53 million heist at the Securitas depot in Tonbridge.

He admitted the charges when he appeared at Woolwich Crown Court today.

Allen, a former cage fighter, was due to be retried at the Crown Court after an Old Bailey jury failed to reach a verdict in January and was then discharged by the judge.

Five people were jailed in 2008 for their parts in the raid.