An East End pub said to have been used by a gang who carried out one of Britain’s biggest armed heists has been given a fresh lease of life after standing empty for eight years.

The Fox in Hackney, which was once run by former armed robber Clifford Saxe, is due to reopen next month.

The new owners want to turn the corner pub into a lively neighbourhood venue after a costly refurbishment at the premises, which was shuttered up and covered in graffiti.

And they are curious as to whether the Fox may finally yield up secrets of a robbery four decades ago.

Banknotes from the £6 million Security Express robbery in Shoreditch are said to have been stashed at the pub before being moved elsewhere. New landlord Seamus Travers told Metro that he has noticed many nooks and crannies while looking a

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