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Police were alerted to an intruder alarm at the scene of the Hatton Garden jewellery heist just after midnight on Good Friday, but did not respond, Scotland Yard has admitted . Police were alerted to an intruder alarm at the scene of the Hatton Garden jewellery heist just after midnight on Good Friday but did not respond, Scotland Yard has admitted.
In a statement likely to cause fury among the safety box depositors who lost out in the robbery, the Metropolitan police confirmed it had received a call from the Southern Monitoring Alarm Company at it central communications command at 00:21 on Good Friday. In a statement likely to cause fury among the safety box depositors who lost out in the robbery, the Metropolitan police confirmed that their central communications command received a call from the Southern Monitoring Alarm Company at 00:21 on Good Friday.
The call confirmed that an intruder alarm had been activated at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd. For reasons as yet unknown, the call was graded in a way that meant no police response was deemed to be required. The call stated that an intruder alarm had been activated at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd. For reasons as yet unknown, the call was graded in a way that meant no police response was deemed to be required.
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Scotland Yard said it was “too early to say if the handling of the call would have had an impact on the outcome of the incident”.Scotland Yard said it was “too early to say if the handling of the call would have had an impact on the outcome of the incident”.
It is thought that millions of pounds’ worth of jewels, gold and cash may have been taken from up to 70 safety deposit boxes during the Easter weekend, when many of the local businesses had closed for the holiday.It is thought that millions of pounds’ worth of jewels, gold and cash may have been taken from up to 70 safety deposit boxes during the Easter weekend, when many of the local businesses had closed for the holiday.
There has been speculation about why there was no security response to the break-in, with some reports suggesting that the thieves - who entered the vault after scaling the lift shaft of the building and drilling through reenforced concrete with an heavy-duty drill - may have had several days to carry out the theft. There has been speculation about why there was no security response to the break-in, with some reports suggesting that the thieves – who entered the vault after descending the lift shaft of the building and drilling through reinforced concrete with an heavy-duty drill – may have had several days to carry out the theft.
The statement said the Met had been making “initial enquiries” into what calls had been received relating to the burglary. The statement said the Met had been making “initial inquiries” into what calls had been received relating to the heist.
“At this stage we have established that on Friday 3 April at 00:21hrs a call was received at the MPS Central Communications Command (MetCC) from Southern Monitoring Alarm Company. The call stated that a confirmed intruder alarm had been activated at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd,” it said. “The call was recorded and transferred to the police’s CAD (computer aided despatch) system. A grade was applied to the call that meant that no police response was deemed to be required. We are now investigating why this grade was applied to the call. This investigation is being carried out locally.” “At this stage we have established that on Friday 3 April at 00:21hrs a call was received at the MPS Central Communications Command (MetCC) from Southern Monitoring Alarm Company. The call stated that a confirmed intruder alarm had been activated at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd,” it said.
“The call was recorded and transferred to the police’s CAD (computer-aided despatch) system. A grade was applied to the call that meant that no police response was deemed to be required. We are now investigating why this grade was applied to the call. This investigation is being carried out locally.”