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Cartoon: The Hatton Garden Job | Cartoon: The Hatton Garden Job |
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The plot was hatched on Friday nights in a pub in Islington and nearby café. | The plot was hatched on Friday nights in a pub in Islington and nearby café. |
A mystery man with red hair, known only as Basil, let the burglars into Hatton Garden through a fire escape. | A mystery man with red hair, known only as Basil, let the burglars into Hatton Garden through a fire escape. |
The gang, many over 60, climbed down a lift shaft to get past a security gate. | The gang, many over 60, climbed down a lift shaft to get past a security gate. |
Over two nights they broke into the vault, ransacking boxes of jewels, gold and cash. | Over two nights they broke into the vault, ransacking boxes of jewels, gold and cash. |
Afterwards, they loaded the loot into a getaway van and fled early on Easter Sunday. | Afterwards, they loaded the loot into a getaway van and fled early on Easter Sunday. |
They found inventive places to hide the £14m stash - a casserole dish and a cemetery. | They found inventive places to hide the £14m stash - a casserole dish and a cemetery. |
But detectives had bugged Perkins' car and the secret tapes helped bring the gang down. | But detectives had bugged Perkins' car and the secret tapes helped bring the gang down. |
Police followed the gang and swooped as they took the loot to a north London safe house. | |
Later, Jones showed police where he'd hidden his share in Edmonton cemetery but he kept quiet about a larger stash police knew was buried nearby. | Later, Jones showed police where he'd hidden his share in Edmonton cemetery but he kept quiet about a larger stash police knew was buried nearby. |
The game was up and the ringleaders admitted plotting the raid. | The game was up and the ringleaders admitted plotting the raid. |
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