Brinks Mat robber shot in neck and paralysed in 'murder plot'

Former cagefighter Paul Allen, who was convicted of Britain’s largest cash robbery, was shot in the neck in his kitchen following his release from jail, an Old Bailey jury has heard (Kent Police/PA) - (PA Media)

One of the architects of the Britain’s largest ever cash robbery was shot in the neck in his kitchen following his release from jail, a court has heard.

Paul Allen, then 41, was paralysed for life after shots were fired at his large detached rented home in Woodford Green, east London, in 2019.