Hatton Gardens

[Chubby]

Any thoughts?

Anybody want to own up now? You might get a reduced sentence.

I was in Chengdu and have witnesses to support my alibi.

[oldlock]

A 1950's door (of unknown quality) can hardly be blamed for yielding when under attack over possibly 3 days. That's if they went through the door. Information is a little thin on the ground as yet.

[Brian Morland]

Seems they went through the wall...

[BBE]

Seems they went through the wall...

Those of us in the US have no idea what you are talking about.
BBE.

[wylk]

Here's an image of a Hilti in use. I might expect the Hatton Garden gang used a smaller drill since reports state several holes were drilled.



Here's a similar setup that was being used to break into a Berlin bank but the bad guys tripped an alarm before they were finished:

[Brian Morland]

2 meters of this...

(from Chubb's own publicity material)

or was it only the door that was new in 1947?

[Huw Eastwood]

Wow- that's a serious size core. With 2 metre thick walls, I was thinking the same. The DD350 seems a pretty impressive bit of kit, and is according to makers spec intended for stitch drilling cores- seeing the size of those it could be possible but there would still be complications. The limited depth feed of the drill (500 mm?) means either continuous drilling by adding additional extensions or drilling to max depth and then breaking out a part-core. not at all easy assuming the 2 metres thickness is peppered with any one of Chubb's famous barrier deflectors- tangbar, spiral matress etc.

my guess is continuous holes drilled with extensions until they broke clean through, but either way it must have been hell of a slog with all the reinforcing.

[wylk]

Over the long Easter weekend, burglars broke into Hatton Gardens Safe Deposit Ltd. and ran off with a large amount of loot.

Some articles:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...tolen-property and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...sit-boxes.html and http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32207974

I'm not sure the press really have all the details. Aside from questioning whether they went through the door or wall, what happened to the alarm system?

[safeman]

Have a look at the Pathe website - Film of the Day.

[oldlock]

1949 - though the wall is a good bet, especially if the alarms were defeated or ignored. Seems they stole the CCTV NVR too.