Four Charged Over 'Prison Van Break Plot'

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Four men have been charged in connection with an alleged plot to spring two convicts from a prison van, during which a man was shot dead by police.

The men have all been charged with trying to help Izzet Eren, 32, and Erwin Amoyaw-Gyamfi, 29, escape on their way to Wood Green Crown Court in north London on Friday.

A 28-year-old British man from Tottenham was killed during the incident outside the court.

Nathan Mason, Gokay Sogucakli, Ozcan Eren and Eren Hayser were all arrested following the police operation.

Eren, 31, of Douglas Road, Wood Green, and Hayser, 25, of Kettering Road, Enfield, have now been charged with conspiracy to aid the escape of the two prisoners.

Mason, 30, of Vicarage Road, Tottenham, and Sogucakli, 19, of the Roundway, Tottenham, face the same charge, as well as possessing an imitation firearm and using a motor vehicle taken without the owner’s consent.

All four are due to appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court later today.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission and Directorate of Professional Standards – the Metropolitan Police’s internal watchdog – are investigating the shooting.

Izzet Eren and Amoyaw-Gyamfi were arrested by armed police while riding a stolen motorbike in north London on 13 October.

They were intercepted en route to “kill, or maim or wound” an unnamed person and were found to be carrying a Skorpion sub-machine gun and Tokarev handgun.

They pleaded guilty to charges of possessing guns and ammunition with intent to endanger life, aggravated vehicle-taking and a driving offence at a previous hearing.

The pair, who have a string of prior drug and violence convictions, were both jailed on Friday for 14 years.

Sentencing the men, Judge Nicholas Browne QC said the gravity of gun crime “could not be overstated”.