by Dan Bilefsky
21.Interview with Jacob Meghnagi, London, November 1, 2016.
Chapter 5
The Firm Plots
1.“World’s First ATM Machine Turns to Gold,” Reuters, June 27, 2017.
2.Letter from Teikoku Bank Limited to Mosler Safe Company, May 22, 1950.
3.Elizabeth Rosenthal, “Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food,” New York Times, February 29, 2008.
4.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 483.
5.Interview with Freddie Foreman, London, March 29, 2017.
6.Interview with Kevin Lane, London, January 16, 2017.
7.Paul Lashmar, “Hatton Garden Ringleader Brian Reader Also Masterminded Lloyds Baker Street Heist 45 Years Ago,” Independent, January 15, 2016.
8.Interview with Craig Turner, London, February 3, 2017.
9.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Lionel Wiffen, May 29, 2015, 78–80.
10.Stuart McGurk, “Hatton Garden: The Biggest Jewel Heist in British History,” GQ, May 19, 2016.
11.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Lionel Wiffen, May 29, 2015, 79.
12.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Lionel Wiffen, May 29, 2015, 80.
13.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Katya Lewis, June 1, 2015, 99–100.
14.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Katya Lewis, June 1, 2015, 99–100.
Chapter 6
The Heist
1.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 392.
2.Jonathan Levy, “The Keystone Crooks,” Daily Mail, November 18, 2017.
3.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 21.
4.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 401.
5.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 482.
6.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 25.
7.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 401.
8.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 26.
Chapter 7
Paul Johnson
1.Kelvin Stockwell testimony, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 2, 2015.
2.Interview with Paul Johnson, London, March 1, 2017.
3.Interview with Roy Ramm, London, March 8, 2016.
4.Andrew Walker, “The Sweeney’s Proud History,” BBC, May 17, 2004.
5.Interview with Craig Turner, London, February 3, 2017.
6.Interview with Paul Johnson, London, March 1, 2017.
7.Katrin Bennhold and Alan Cowell, “Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case,” New York Times, June 24, 2014.
8.“Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson Quits,” BBC, July 18, 2011.
9.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, New Scotland Yard Headquarters, London, March 17, 2016.
10.“Hatton Garden Raid Has Ruined Lives and Livelihoods,” BBC, May 7, 2015.
11.“Hatton Garden Gem Raid Was an Inside Job Says Heist Firm Boss,” Daily Mail, April 18, 2015.
12.“Hatton Garden Gem Raid Was an Inside Job Says Heist Firm Boss,” Daily Mail, April 18, 2015.
13.“Jewelry Heist Likely an Inside Job,” Sky News, April 9, 2015.
14.Doreen Carvajal, “Arrest of 2 Pink Panthers May Shed Light on Heists,” New York Times, May 15, 2009.
15.Doreen Carvajal, “The Heist at Harry’s,” New York Times, December 12, 2008.
16.Interview with Ed Hall, London, September 22, 2016.
Chapter 8
An Investigation Takes Shape
1.Interview with Jamie Day, London, March 17, 2016.
2.Interview with Jamie Day, London, March 17, 2016.
3.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, witness statement of Kelvin Stockwell, April 20, 2015.
4.Interview with Jamie Day, London, March 17, 2016.
5.Interview with Jamie Day, London, March 17, 2016.
6.Ryan Gallagher and Rajeev Syal, “Police Forces Come Together to Create New Regional Surveillance Units,” Guardian, July 25, 2011.
7.Jason Lewis, “Met Police Spends Millions of Pounds on Secret Aircraft,” Telegraph, October 29, 2011.
8.Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Chapter 1, Section 5, https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/section/5.
9.Wensley Clarkson, Public Enemy Number 1 (London: John Blake, 2006), 115–26.
10.Wensley Clarkson, Public Enemy Number 1 (London: John Blake, 2006), 174–75.
Chapter 9
A Game of Cat and Mouse
1.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, New Scotland Yard Headquarters, London, March 17, 2016.
2.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 391.
3.Julian Franklyn, A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang (London: Routledge, 1992), 9.
4.“OMG! Cockney Rhyming Slang Is Brown Bread,” Reuters, March 29, 2012.
5.James Orr, “Londoners Baffled by Cockney Rhyming Slang,” Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2012.
6.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 30.
7.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, statements relating to surveillance, 376–79.
8.Interview with Paul Johnson, London, March 1, 2017.
9.Interview with Craig Turner and Jamie Day, London, February 3, 2017.
10.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, statements relating to surveillance.
11.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 401.
12.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 392.
13.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 401.
14.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 385.
Chapter 10
The Art of Snooping and Waiting
1.Interview with Paul Johnson, London, March 1, 2017.
2.Interview with Philip Evans, London, March 5, 2017.
3.Interview with Philip Evans, London, March 5, 2017.
Chapter 11
The Flying Squad Is Listening
1.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 352.
2.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, audio recordings related to Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, May 7, 2015.
3.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 330.
4.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, audio recordings relating to Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, May 7, 2015.
5.Enfield Council, Enfield Borough Profile 2017.
6.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 331–33.
7.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 345.
8.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 347.
9.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 364.
10.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 365.
11.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 377.
12.Transcript of Brink
’s-Mat gold-laundering trial, 1987.
13.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 386.
14.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 422.
15.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 473.
16.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 391.
17.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 477.
18.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 479.
19.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 480–81.
20.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 481.
21.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 482.
22.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 485.
Chapter 12
The “Cut Up”
1.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 380.
2.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 22.
3.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 433–37.
4.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 438.
5.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 378.
6.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 383.
7.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 397.
8.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, statements relating to surveillance, 385.
9.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 413.
10.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 395.
11.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 415.
12.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 416.
13.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 416.
14.Opening note, Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, 32.
15.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 457.
Chapter 13
To Catch a Thief
1.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, London, February 3, 2017.
2.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, London, February 3, 2017.
3.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 463.
4.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 462.
5.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 464.
6.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY.
7.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 465.
8.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, London, February 3, 2017.
9.Interview with Noel Sainsbury, London, March 12, 2016.
10.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, London, February 3, 2017.
11.Interview with Jon Warren, London, March 12, 2016.
12.Interview with Craig Turner and Paul Johnson, London, February 3, 2017.
13.Interview with Dick Hobbs, London, January 30, 2017.
14.Interview with Ed Hall, London, September 22, 2016.
15.Interview with Paul Johnson, London, March 1, 2017.
16.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 556.
17.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 556–80.
18.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 488–784.
19.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 597.
20.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 617.
21.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, interview transcripts, 553.
Chapter 14
The Trial
1.“Diamond Wheezers,” Sun, May 19, 2015.
2.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
3.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
4.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
5.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
6.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
7.Interview with Ed Hall, London, September 22, 2016.
8.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
9.Interview with Hesham Puri, London, September 9, 2016.
10.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
11.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, January 5, 2016.
12.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
13.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 16, 2016.
14.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
15.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 16, 2015
16.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 14, 2015.
17.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
18.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 16, 2015.
19.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 21, 2015.
20.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
21.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 2, 2015.
22.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 21, 2015.
23.Hatton Garden trial, Woolwich Crown Court, London, December 22, 2015.
24.Interview with John Luckhurst, London, November 15, 2016.
Chapter 15
Who Is Basil?
1.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 483.
2.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Mercedes E200 CP13BGY, 483–84.
3.Interview with Craig Turner and Jamie Day, London, February 3, 2017.
4.Metropolitan Police Service, Operation Spire, transcripts relating to audio recordings of Citroën Saxo EN51EUD, 389.
5.“The Hatton Garden Trial: Who Is Basil?” Daily Mirror, January 14, 2016.
6.“Hatton Garden Gang Member Dubbed the Ghost,” Daily Mirror, January 14, 2016.
7.“Escaped Hatton Garden Raider Is Ex-Cop,” Sky News, February 8, 2016.
8.John Simpson and Georgie Keate, “Hatton Heist Suspect Is Son of Biology Pioneer,” London Times, March 30, 2018.
Chapter 16
The Chatila Heist
1.“CCTV of Hatton Garden-Linked Burglary Destroyed,” BBC, March 2, 2017.
Chapter 17
Life Behind Bars
1.Interview with Kevin Lane, London, June 29, 2016.
2.Mark Hughes, “A Tour of the Jail within a Jail That Houses Britain’s Most Dangerous Convicts,” Independent, July 30, 2010.
3.Interview with Hesham Puri, London, September 9, 2016.
4.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
5.Interview with Hesham Puri, London, September 9,
2016.
6.Duncan Campbell, “Family of Hatton Garden Heist Leader Complain about His Treatment,” Guardian, July 4, 2016.
7.Interview with Hesham Puri, London, September 9, 2016.
8.Mike Sullivan, “Get Out of Jewel Free Card,” Sun, July 16, 2018.
9.Crown Prosecution Service press release, “Hatton Garden Burglars Ordered to Pay £8.2m or Face Extra Prison Time,” January 30, 2018.
10.Interview with Philip Evans, London, May 3, 2017.
11.Patrick Sawer, “Hatton Garden Vault: From Daring Heist to Fascinating Museum Piece,” Daily Telegraph, April 23, 2016.
Illustration Credits
The Firm plotted the crime at the Castle pub in Islington (Andrew Testa).
Brian Reader, known as “The Master” (Metropolitan Police).
Mugshots (Metropolitan Police via AP).
The thieves entered 88–90 Hatton Garden from the fire escape (Andrew Testa).
Freddie Foreman, a former hitman for the Kray twins (Dan Bilefsky).
The men infiltrated the safe deposit (David Parry / Press Association via AP Images).
The thieves managed to drill a figure-eight-shaped hole (Metropolitan Police via Getty Images).
They brought in tools hidden in wheeled trash cans (Metropolitan Police).
Basil and Jones (Metropolitan Police).
Collins surveys the street before getting into the van (Metropolitan Police).
Jones takes a break (Metropolitan Police).
Basil walks toward the van with a black bag obscuring his face (Metropolitan Police).
Perkins and Collins met Reader at the Castle pub (Metropolitan Police).
Forensics officer enters Hatton Garden (Dominic Lipinksi / Press Association via AP Images).
Paul Johnson (Andrew Testa).
Johnson addresses a scrum of journalists (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP / Getty Images).
Gravestone of Sidney James Hart (Andrew Testa).
Jones led Scotland Yard to the Victorian cemetery (Metropolitan Police).
Forensics officers dig up the stolen gems at Edmonton Cemetery (Metropolitan Police).
Jewels found at Edmonton Cemetery (Metropolitan Police).
The heist captured the imagination of London’s feverish tabloid press (The Sun, News Licensing, 20.5.2015).
Court artist sketch of Michael Seed (Elizabeth Cook / Press Association via AP Images).
