Only Way is Essex stars and the gold raid gang The robbery was said to be an inside job, as Brian Mulcahay, the driver taking the bullion to a smelters in Britain, was part of the gang, members of which were being watched by police. The jury was told that the Faiers sisters would give defence evidence in the trial of John Corley, 53, father and son Andreas and Kayracos Nicolas, 50 and 30, and Mrs Mancini. The sisters" step-father, David Chatwood, 58, Mulcahay, 46, Matthew Middleton, 42, Gary Cummings, 51, Stanley Rose, 75, and Mrs Mancini's partner, David Gale, 55, have all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal. John Price QC, prosecuting, said the robbery took place as Mulcahay drove the bullion, belonging to the Swiss company Metalor, from a depot outside Brussels towards Ostend last October. He told police that East European robbers forced him at gunpoint into a lay-by. There he said his load was stolen and he was bundled into the back of his trailer and locked inside. Mr Price said: "Mulcahay's account of his ordeal given to Belgian police was pure fiction, an invention. It is alleged that Mrs Mancini was stopped as she carried "marketing specimens" to the ultimate buyers of the bullion. Mr Price said: "When Mancini was later searched there was concealed in her bra two gold ingots wrapped in plastic bags with the Metalor label. The plastic bags and labels establish beyond question the ingots in her bra were part of the stolen consignment. Belgian police also found grains of silver in a travel bag inside the car. The alleged central players in the plot, Mr Corley, from Biggin Hill, Kent, and Kayracos Nicolas, of north London, deny conspiracy to steal. Along with Mrs Mancini, of Harlow, Essex, and Andreas Nicolas, of Duxford, Cambs, they also deny conspiracy to conceal, disguise, convert or transfer criminal property.