Three London thieves have been jailed for plotting to murder cage fighter Paul Allen, who was left paralysed after being shot at his luxury home in 2019.
Brothers Louis and Stewart Ahearne, along with Daniel Kelly, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
The judge said the "underlying motive for the shooting remains unknown".
Louis Ahearne, 36, was sentenced to 33 years in prison, his older brother Stewart Ahearne, 46, received a 30-year sentence, and Kelly, 46, was given the longest term of 36 years plus an extra five years on licence.
Brothers Louis and Stewart Ahearne, along with Daniel Kelly, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder following a trial at the Old Bailey
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Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC said she was satisfied Kelly pulled the trigger but concluded that a life sentence for him was "not justified".
In July 2019, the trio travelled multiple times from Woolwich in south-east London to Allen's home in Woodford Green to plan and execute the murder plot.
A tracking device was placed on Allen's Mercedes car.
The gang used unregistered pay-as-you-go phones to communicate with each other.
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Stewart Ahearne rented a vehicle which was used to follow Allen's Mercedes around east London the day before the shooting.
Prosecutors said the gunmen positioned themselves at the rear of Allen's property and fired six shots from what appeared to be a Glock 9mm handgun.
The shots passed through the kitchen and conservatory doors, with at least two rounds striking Allen in the hand and throat.
Kelly's and Louis Ahearne's DNA was found on a garden fence panel near where five bullet casings were discovered and a gun sight was later found at Kelly's home in Charlton.
During the trial, jurors heard that a month before the shooting the Ahearne brothers and Kelly burgled Chinese Ming Dynasty artefacts from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva.
Louis Ahearne told the court he became involved in the Geneva museum heist to pay off a debt he owed to Kelly. He claimed he believed he was at Allen's house to commit a burglary or robbery of a drug dealer's home.
Allen was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court in 2009 for his part in Britain's biggest armed robbery- a £54million cash heist which took place at Securitas in Tonbridge, Kent, in 2006.
The shots passed through the kitchen and conservatory doors, with at least two rounds striking Allen in the hand and throat
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Much of the stolen money has never been recovered.
By 2019, Allen had been released from prison and moved to a large detached property in Woodford, north-east London, where he lived with his partner and young children.
Kelly is reportedly also one of three men wanted by Japanese authorities as part of a landmark extradition request.
Japanese police accuse Kelly and two others of stealing items worth £679,000 from a Harry Winston store in 2015.
The trio allegedly punched a security guard, smashed glass cabinets and seized 46 items, including diamond rings.
