I have made more money out of gold than all the Great Train Robbers put together. King of Thieves 2018 starring Michael Caine & Jim Broadbent & Tom Coutenay & Charlie Cox & Paul Whitehouse & Michael Garbon & Ray Winstone et al, director James Marsh, Caine
Something terribly reassuring about a nice vault. ibid. Courtenay
It’s one of the most audacious diamond heists the world has ever seen. It’s estimated the thieves got away with up two hundred million in jewels. Britain's Biggest Diamond Heist, BBC 2015
It required a team with diverse skills, from abseiling to specialist drilling. ibid.
A plot that read like a movie-script. This was their pension plan – their one last job. Hatton Garden Heist: One Last Job, History 2016
The four men who put together the plot had criminal pedigrees stretching back over decades of notorious crimes. ibid.
Police have found only one third of the estimated £14 million’ worth of loot. ibid.
What happened to Basil – the mystery raider who had a key and let the others into the building? ibid.
It’s the biggest burglary in British history. £40 million’ worth of jewellery, gemstones and gold stolen from the heart of the UK diamond industry. Bad Dad’s Army: The Hatton Garden Heist, BBC 2016
It’s a classic caper from a bygone era … The bad dads’ army and the Hatton Garden heist. ibid.
The masterplan was to be carried over the Easter weekend when the gang knew the vaults would be full and the area quiet. ibid.
The first clues would come from piecing together CCTV footage. ibid.
They hit twelve addresses in London and Kent. ibid.
This series is based on the Hatton Garden heist which took place over the Easter weekend of 2015. Hatton Garden I, caption, ITV 2019
I ain’t dead yet. ibid. Terry Perkins
It’s you I’m worrying about – running out of steam. ibid. Brian Reader to Terry
You lay low for six months, you’re home and dry. ibid.
Take some responsibility for your own failings for once in your fucking life! ibid. Terry to Brian
Everyone knows it’s dangerous – you never go back to a plot once you’ve left it – he’s right about that. Page one common sense. Hatton Garden II, gang in kitchen
I mean, none of us really know who Basil is. ibid. Kenny
Pretty soon now he’s [Brian] gonna found out what we’ve done. ibid. Terry
Let’s get our snouts in the trough. Hatton Garden III, Terry et al divvy the swag
Each member of the gang would have been at the peak of physical fitness. ibid. newspaper report
They’re a load of old boys. ibid. rozzer
We did something special, Dan. Didn’t we? Hatton Garden IV: Carl gets £20,000
I’m entitled to a share. I planned that job from the group up. Every tiny little detail. ibid. Brian to Terry
All he’s interested in is putting one over on me. ibid. Brain
Reader and Perkins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and were sentenced to six years three months and seven years imprisonment respectively. Jones and Collins also got seven years. Wood pleaded not guilty, but was convicted and got six. The court ruled that property worth around £14 was stolen in the raid, nearly £10m of which had not been recovered. After evading capture for three years, ‘Basil’ was eventually arrested in March 2018. At his trial Michael Seed denied being the elusive final gang member, but he was found guilty and got ten years. Terry Perkins died in prison in February 2018. ibid. captions
It was one of the biggest jewel heists in British history carried out by the most improbable gang. Hatton Garden: The Inside Story, ITV 2019
The vault was used mainly by traders to store their diamonds, gold and jewellery. ibid.
The errors they made after that split would lead to their arrests. ibid.
Six weeks after the heist detectives finally got their chance. ibid.
Now as pretty as they are these little things are more than just a girl’s best friend; what you see here is the backbone of our economic structure, the tangible assets with which you can measure one’s wealth. What comes with that wealth is a life you and I can only dream of. The Hatton Garden Job 2017 starring Matthew Goode & Larry Lamb & Joely Richardson & Stephen Moyer & Warren Brown & Clive Russell & Phil Daniels & David Calder & Jack Doolan & Sarah-Jane Crawford & Tony Radil & John Alford & Craig Russell et al, director Ronnie Thompson
This is an old-school gig and needs an old-school crew. ibid. XXX to Danny
We’re taking down the Hatton Garden safe deposit vault. ibid. Brian to gang
The world biggest ever diamond heist. On display at the De Beers exhibition was the world famous Millennium Star diamond, a 203-carat stone said to be unrivalled in its purity. Crimes that Shocked Britain
In November 2000 a criminal gang attempted the most audacious robbery in British criminal history. The target: the world’s most perfect diamond. Real Crime with Mark Austin: Diamond Geezers, ITV 2008
The robbery [Medway] and the getaway bore the same hallmarks as the Nine Elms raid. ibid.
The diamond known as the Millennium Star was the centrepiece of a £350 million De Beers exhibition. ibid.
Wenham was filmed checking possible access points to the site. ibid.
The plan to foil the [Millennium Dome] raid became known as Operation Magician, the biggest undertaking in the Flying Squad’s history. ibid.
The gang had been under surveillance for five months; the ambush was over in less than a minute. ibid.
The Millennium Dome: icon of the year 2000. Home to a celebration of the new century. And on display at its heart a £350 million millennium diamond. In November 2000 this 7-ton earth-mover made headlines around the world when it was involved in the biggest diamond heist in British criminal history. A criminal gang had one target: the Mona Lisa of diamonds. The Millennium Dome Heist with Ross Kemp, ITV 2020
If the gang pull it off, it will be the equivalent of twelve Great Train Robberies, seven Brink’s-Mat bullion jobs, and thirty-eight Hatton Garden safe-deposit heists. ibid.
But Security Express was vulnerable on bank holidays when at times only one guard was on duty. Robberies of the Century
Eventually the trail led to the Godfather himself Freddie Foreman. ibid.
Like Foreman he [Ronnie Knight] was convicted of handling the Security Express money and sentenced to seven years. ibid.
To date of the £7 million that was stolen from Security Express only £2 million has been recovered. ibid.
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In the summer of 1995 a gang of masked men viciously attacked a security van in Salford Greater Manchester. Over £6,000,000 was stolen when the van was dramatically ambushed at a security depot. Britain’s Biggest Heists s1e10: The Midland Bank Robbery, Sky 2011
This major breach of protocol [not pushing panic button] threw Graham Huckerby [van driver] straight into the frame. ibid.
In 1984, 89 armed robberies had been carried out in Manchester. 12 months later that figure had risen to 139. A new generation of villains had clearly taken over. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s1e2: Manchester, Quest 2014
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Arthur Thompson and Walter Norville – Walter Norville would become Glasgow’s first Godfather. His life of crime started in the late 1930s ... After his old world was torn down, he started again in the new housing schemes. He recruited young hard men and turned them into a gang of hard robbers. Britain’s Underworld s1e1: Glasgow, National Geographic 2010
For two years Blink and Ferris went on a robbery rampage. And in 1982 the partnership came to an abrupt end thanks to Arthur Thompson’s son young Arthur. ibid.