Hatton Gardens

[wylk]

A few updates --

July: Gangster John "Goldfinger" Palmer is found dead, police do not list this as suspicious. SIX DAYS LATER the coroner finds a bullet hole in his chest, this changes a few things. Police wonder if this is connected in some way to Hatton Garden, which to me seems like they are trying to deflect attention away from their initial error. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ngland-5999484

August: four more are arrested: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime...-a2922196.html

September: The safe deposit company fails and liquidates: http://www.diamonds.net/News/NewsIte...t+Firm+Closing

September: Four of the men originally charged plead guilty: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34153995

I do hope at least one will insist on a trial, I'd love to see what evidence comes to light as a result.

[Chubby]

Funnily enough I was going to post here to ask if there were any updates.

So the company owning the safe deposit has gone bang. That is a complete surprise, of course, and could not have been foreseen by anybody.

The gangland murder being undetected for 6 days is likewise the sort of mistake anybody could make. I do hope this will not have an adverse effect on anybody's career.

All seems extremely straightforward to me. Like the alarm being switched off. Just an oversight. Let he who is without sin bung the first brick and all that.

[Safeone]

The trial is now ongoing. Found it 'interesting' that one of the accused now wants to make amends and gave up his stash of the loot. These men are getting on in years already so they may well die inside should they get a guilty conviction.

Link below tell the story of the guy who wants to give up his loot.........


http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/hatton-garden-raider-wants-to-make-amends-a3097396.html

[wylk]

A few updates:

The trial is now over. Four confessed, one was released with charges dropped. Four were tried, three of them were convicted and one was found not guilty. Sentencing remains. One was never identified and remains at large.

The famous hole in the wall was recently re-drilled. The new business will serve wine through the hole, capitalizing on its fame. I wonder if they will allow patrons to crawl through it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-DRILLED.html

A movie company has started production on the story, this was easy to predict.

A crime writer will publish a story that a mobster was killed to keep him quiet about the raid. http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Bath-...ail/story.html

A jeweler is marketing "hole-shaped" necklaces:

[wylk]

A nice collection of images, no doubt taken after authorities picked through the mess and took away evidence (the famous hole is filled in but little if any cleanup has been done):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...left-gang.html

[wylk]

I really get a chuckle out of this one image in particular --



Notice the dimples in the new concrete. It looks like somebody opened the door too far while the concrete was still a little wet. As we've discussed in some other thread, doorstops are a nice idea.

[Arcade Al]

Interesting stuff, and I still love the retro feel of this place!

Of note is how many different locking systems are fitted to the boxes - many have the traditional duel lock system, but others seem to have one blanked off.
Others have been retrofitted with various models of combination lock.

Opening seems to have been achieved by hammering in a lever such as the crowbar pictures, and then prying to bend or break the lock body, or by punching the lock off the back of the door.

[wylk]

It now appears that the vault will be dismantled and taken to the London Museum though it might be six years before it goes on display because the museum is also planning a move to a new location. This does not sound like a simple task!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...SIX-years.html

[Safeone]

Well there is a book out, recently released by one of the gang, Brian Readers book One Last Job is available. Not read it myself and dont know anyone who has.

You have to be very sceptical about the many 'true crime' books that are around at the minute. After all how 'true' can they be when written by self confessed life long criminals?

[Chubby]

Here is a link to a story about a gold vault robbery:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jyp0#play