THE wife of a cash depot manager, kidnapped along with their child as part of the £53 million Securitas robbery, was today questioned in court over where the gang took them on the night of the raid.

Lynn Dixon was held hostage along with her husband, Colin, and their young child by robbers who stole cash from the Securitas depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge, in February last year.

Alexander Cameron QC, representing one of defendants, John Fowler, questioned Mrs Dixon’s assertion that she was 100 per cent sure that the location she was held hostage prior to the robbery was Fowler’s home, Elderden Farm, at Staplehurst, near Maidstone.

Mr Cameron highlighted key differences between Elderden Farm and the description given by Mrs Dixon to police in February 2006 of the location she was held.

He said Mrs Dixon’s description of a dark brick building differed to the wooden building at Elderden Farm and pointed to her failure to mention a large green tank at the premises.

Mrs Dixon said that on visiting the farm with police on February 28 she could see why she thought it had been brickwork.

She also said she had not noticed the green tank because "there was a person with a balaclava and a gun in between".

Mrs Dixon was giving evidence in the trial at the Old Bailey in London against seven men and one woman who are all charged in connection with the robbery.

Lea Rusha, of Lambersart Close, Southborough; Stuart Royle, from Allen Street, Maidstone; Jetmir Bucpapa, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge; Roger Coutts, of The Green, Welling; John Fowler, of Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst; Ermir Hysenaj, of New Road, Crowborough; and Michelle Hogg, of Brinklow Crescent, Woolwich, have all pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to have in their possession a firearm.

Another man Keith Borer, from Hampstead Lane, Yalding, is accused of dishonestly receiving £6,100 of stolen Securitas money, which he denies.

The case continues.