TWO Londoners accused of involvement in Britain's biggest ever cash robbery were acquitted by a jury yesterday.

But the jury was still deliberating on the case against two defendants from Bury and Whitefield.

William Goulden, aged 46, of Trinity Gardens, Canning Town, East London and Derek Wilson, aged 31, of Commercial Road, East London, were arrested by police investigating the theft of £6.6m from a Securicor van outside the Midland Bank Clearing Centre in Salford in July 1995.

Goulden was accused of being involved in the theft of a white Ford Transit which was used by the robbers to ferry their haul to other vehicles.

Wilson was alleged to have the keys to the Transit copied when it was originally bought in for a service by its owner.

But both men were cleared of conspiracy to rob by jurors who took 25 hours to deliberate following a three-month trial at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester.

The panel were still deliberating over two other defendants, Graham Huckerby and James Power.

Huckerby, aaged 41, of Prestwich, who was the driver of the robbed security van, is accused of taking a £1,000 payment to let gunmen rob the vehicle.

Power, aged 58, of Bury, is alleged to have been Huckerby's handler. Both men deny conspiracy to rob. The case continues.