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Brinks Mat launderer 'executed'

Perry was shot dead outside his office in November 2001
The boss of a minicab firm who helped launder money from the Brinks Mat robbery ( ) was executed by a hitman outside his office, a court has heard.
Brian Perry was shot three times and died immediately, the prosecution said.

Mr Perry, from Kent, had served a nine- year jail term for handling stolen goods from the 1983 gold bullion heist.

Joseph Pitkin, 31, of Verulam Avenue and Bilal Akhtar, 22, from Canning Road, both Walthamstow, east London, deny the murder on 16 November 2001.

Prosecutor Richard Whittam said Mr Perry's connection to the £26m robbery "may or may not" have been a reason for the murder, which took place on a street in Bermondsey, south London.

The killing had the appearance of a professional hit or murder

Prosecutor Richard Whittam

"It may be a relevant factor for you to consider," he told jurors.

Prosecutors alleged Mr Pitkin had shot Mr Perry, from Brasted, and Akhtar had sourced the car and the getaway car.

Neither man had any known motive to kill Mr Perry.

"[But] if this was a professional hit or execution, there would be no motive for those recruited other than money or reward paid by whoever it was who recruited them," said Mr Whittam.

"The killing had the appearance of a professional hit or murder. Mr Perry was shot as he went about his daily routine."

DNA link

The masked killer, dressed in dark clothes, shot Mr Perry in the head, chest and back before driving away in a car fitted with false number plates.

There was no suggestion Mr Akhtar was in the car at the time, but two months later he admitted he possessed a firearm similar to the type used in the killing, Mr Whittam said.

"It was found in circumstances which indicate it was in fact the gun that was used. Some of the bullets were of the same type used in the murder," he told the jury.

A balaclava found at the scene had mixed DNA which included both Mr Pitkins' and Mr Akhtars', he added.

The trial continues.

And this is why all sensible people wanted operator's licensed.

And this is why some in the black cab trade didn't.

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IDFIMH

And this is why to this very day, holders of London Minicab Operators Licenses are STILL NOT subjected to a Criminal record check.

So the above, if he were still alive, could still be running a firm as a cover for his Illegal activities????.

i dont think any operator is crb checked. unless they have a taxi license as well.
cant see the point.
they never come into actual,contact with vunerable people.

Your correct.

But, is it wright having crooks running outfits as a cover for their illegal activities?

A £30 check could do wonders for the industry.

Of course it's not right, which is why the PCO can now take their licenses away.

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IDFIMH

"innocent until proven guilty"


This stinks.



Who holds onto the gun and the balaclava after topping someone



If you got some serious wedge for the job you would be off on holiday for a year.

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A point to also bear in mind here is the fact that actual person that owns the company is not necessarily the person whose name appears on any licence. Anyone with a criminal record can simply use a front man with a relatively clean record to run the business for him.

Bill

In this kind of scenario I think if in substance the criminal is actually running the firm then the LA can rescind the license anyway?

I think this was what was alleged in Plymouth when it was featured on the Money Programme and there was the subsequent council action and court cases.

Of course, in scenarios like this I think the problem is getting sufficient proof.

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greenbadgecabby wrote:




Quite

bill_datamaster wrote



You know nothing about how this works listern & learn or just shut the flip up.

Regards Eric

Well actually Mr Data has a point.

You don't have to own the building, the cars, the despatch set up, etc to be the operator.

Just someone who can fill in the operator's application form.

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Thank you for that Mr Southern County.

Just stop for a moment and consider the potential problem this issue has for suppliers like us where we have to accept payments running into tens of thousands of pounds. We can't be responsible for investigating who the real owner of the company is or in ensuring that the money isn't dirty, that's a job for the authorities.

On one occasion we were tipped off about a company. The bloke we were negotiating with seemed all very business like but the normal checks literally set the alarm bells off. We ended up refusing to do business with them despite the fact that they offered to pay cash up front. Within a few weeks, the real owner was jailed for murder and armed robbery.

The police had watched every move the company had made including our visits but had not seen fit to inform us who we were really dealing with. Had we not spotted some of the signs, we could have been implemented in the whole affair.

Bill