Lord Cubie sentenced Robert Barr, Sean Favier and Iain Doyle at the High Court in Glasgow on Nov. 10, 2026, after all three pleaded guilty to involvement in serious organized crime. Barr received eight years, Favier four years and Doyle five years. The judge described their plan as an unsuccessful attempt to steal cryptocurrency worth up to £2 million from a couple in Bonnyrigg.
According to the sentencing statement, Barr coordinated the plan while in prison. His accomplices were to enter the couple’s home and make them install remote-access software so Barr could transfer the cryptocurrency. An earlier burglary in January 2024 yielded a hardware wallet but no access to the assets; on April 17, 2024, the couple saw Favier and Doyle on a doorbell camera and refused to let them in. Barr’s sentence runs from Aug. 25, 2025, and consideration of a Serious Crime Prevention Order was postponed until Nov. 17.
