A MAKE-UP artist who created sophisticated disguises for the Securitas robbers is living in fear after becoming the star witness for the prosecution.

A GANG of robbers staged a terrifying armed kidnap plot to pull off a £53 million (€78.7m) heist at a Bank of England cash store, the Old Bailey court heard yesterday.

A seventh person has been charged in connection with the £53m (€76.55m) Securitas depot heist in the UK, police said tonight.