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A third man has been convicted for his part in a daring £25,000 robbery outside a high street bank.
G4S security guard Yubarn Gurung was robbed outside the Natwest branch in Rainham - the second time he has been a victim in nine years.
Mr Gurung had made four successful deliveries on September 25 last year when he arrived outside the bank, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
Two men have already been jailed for their part in the cash-in-transit robbery and now a third member of the gang, Daniel Gurley has also been convicted.
Gurley, 38, of Stoke Newington Church Street, north London has been jailed for five years after a jury found him guilty after a five day trial. He had denied the charge.
The jury heard that two masked robbers were lying in wait for Mr Gurung and they snatched the cash before disappearing to a waiting getaway car.
The court was told Mr Gurung was left shocked after being barged to the ground and left fearing for his safety.
He was later praised by a judge for being "stoic, brave and strong" despite his ordeal which left him too traumatised to return to work immediately.
At an earlier hearing Warren Young, 36 of Cavendish Avenue, Gillingham was sent to prison for four-and-a-half years after admitting robbery.
And getaway driver Samnit Sidhu, 24, of Cromwell Road in Grays, Essex, was jailed for five years and three months after he also admitted the same charge.
The other two offenders, who plotted the High Street raid on September 25 together with Gurley, admitted robbery last November 21.
Police found £10,000 cash in a plastic bag at Young's address in the basement the day after the robbery while another £3,000 was found in Sidhu's car seven hours after the incident.
Drugs including cocaine and cannabis along with scales and a can of CS spray were found in Sidhu's car in Essex after police tracked the number plate.
Sidhu also admitted two drugs charges and possessing the CS spray along with a charge of robbery.
Police were called after the crime was reported at 10.35am on Friday, September 25 after the van driver told staff he had been attacked.
Although he was not injured, a man - later identified as Young - grabbed the cash box as Mr Gurung unloaded it from the back of the secure van.
Gurley was also present with Young as the box was snatched and the pair escaped by running towards a black Nissan Qashqai lying in wait with Sidhu behind the wheel.
Despite the trio not having their faces picked up by CCTV footage, detectives managed to track the vehicle via ANPR (automatic number plate recognition), mobile phone data and DNA in the car.
The Qashqai was located in Sidhu's street at 7.20pm on the day of the robbery and he was arrested on suspicion of robbery and the drugs were also found.
Young was arrested at 5.10pm on September 26 and his home was searched with cash found inside his basement.
Police managed to link Gurley, Young and Sidhu together and prove Gurley had travelled with the pair to Rainham on the day of the robbery after his DNA was found on a glove in the passenger seat of the Qashqai.
Gurley was arrested on November 27 and charged with robbery.
Investigating officer DC Mark Froome said: "Gurley was an active participant in this robbery, working with Young and Sidhu to plan and carry out this attack on an unsuspecting driver going about his daily business.
"We were able to arrest Young and Sidhu within two days of this offence, and further investigation led us to Gurley. Although he didn’t take the cash box, he was on stand-by to help Young in carrying out the robbery should he need it.
"This case highlights how modern technology helps to brings offenders to justice as without the use of ANPR software and mobile phone analysis it would have been much harder to link the men to this crime.
"Gurley continued to deny his involvement throughout the trial, but the jury saw through his lies and he will now spend a considerable amount of time in jail, along with Young and Sidhu."
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