Jamie Oliver chef jailed after robbery confession

Tom Baisden, 28, of Thundersley, Essex, was sentenced to 25 months for his role as the "inside man" when the gang staged a robbery in Southend, Essex, in May 2001. They escaped with watches, keyrings, pins, sunglasses and belts, Southend Crown Court heard.

The 28-year-old came forward to confess his crime to detectives seven years later – after taking part in Oliver's "Fifteen" scheme – and admitted theft, conspiracy to steal and perverting the course of justice, the court was told.

In December, two other members were jailed for taking part in the raid. Baisden's cousin Gary Maughan, a 43-year-old nurse from Hackney, east London, was given a six-year term after being convicted of conspiracy to steal and handling stolen goods, while Joseph Xenofondos, 35, of Loughton, Essex, was jailed for five years for conspiracy to steal.

Baisden gave evidence for the prosecution at the trial.

Prosecutor Chris Paxton told jurors Baisden featured in Jamie Oliver's "Fifteen" – a scheme set up to help disadvantaged people "turn their lives around" – in 2004 and had gone on to make a living from cooking.

Previously, he was a teenage drug addict and was working at the warehouse in 2001. Police said his share of the spoils had been 100,000.

Judge John Lodge said he had taken into account the help Baisden had given detectives and prosecutors in passing sentence.