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by Dan Bilefsky


  Margaret (princess), 8

  Marks, Howard, 15

  Matthews, Charles “Chick,” 174, 175–177, 236, 237

  May, Theresa, 98

  McAvoy, Micky, 17

  McCarthy, T., xiii, 13

  McCreath, Alistair, 204

  media

  affection for the old thieves, 198–199, 201–203

  frenzy about Hatton Garden heist, 95–99, 128–129, 232

  rumors about Basil, 232–233

  Meghnagi, Jacob, 45–46, 50, 106–107, 249

  Middleton, Kate, 65

  Miliband, Ed, 148

  Millennium Dome heist, 89, 92, 143–145

  Millennium Star diamond, 92, 144

  Millionaire Moles, 7

  Mills, Jack, 38, 39

  Mirror (newspaper), 96, 129, 232

  Mitty, Walter, 2

  Moon Under Water pub, 51, 59

  Moss, Kate, 42

  Mr. Big, 108

  Murdoch, Rupert, 96

  Murphy, Neil, 123

  News of the World, 96–97

  Nicholson, Jack, 192

  Nosherie, 14, 48

  Noye, Kenneth, 17–18, 123

  Ocean’s Eleven (movie), 194, 203

  O’Connor, John, 102

  Old Wheatsheaf pub, Enfield

  Firm planning meetings, 59, 199

  Flying Squad raid, 181, 184–188

  Hugh Doyle’s plumbing workshop and, 53–54, 128, 172

  jewel exchange, 172, 179, 187, 190, 223

  Oliver Twist (Dickens), 42

  Operation Countryman, 92

  Operation Magician. See Millennium Dome heist

  Operation Spire. See Hatton Garden investigation

  Operation Yena, 88

  Opiola, Alan, 26–27

  Ottolenghi, Yotam, 20

  Palmer, John, 17, 110

  Pearl, David, 248–249

  Perkins, Jacqueline, 25, 52

  Perkins, Terrence (Terry)

  about, 23–28

  age, 20, 23, 26, 161

  arrest, 188–189, 202

  arrival and entry into safe deposit building, 70–71

  in Belmarsh Prison, 204, 236, 243

  boasting about the heist, 130–131, 137–138, 168, 205

  Castle pub surveillance recordings, 133, 137–138

  and Chatila heist, 236, 237–238

  Cockney slang use, 131–133, 138

  comments about Basil, 169, 231

  complaints about Reader, 6, 26, 159–161, 165–169, 196–197

  concerns about Lincoln, 172

  confiscation hearings, 244, 246–247

  conversations with Spencer, 147–148, 149–152

  death, 247

  diabetes, 24, 71, 138–139, 173, 174, 194, 243, 246

  escape from prison, 24–25, 128, 216

  family life, 25–26

  followed by undercover officers, 133–135, 152–154, 175

  guilty plea, 198, 202

  house in Enfield, 25, 52, 185

  identified as suspect, 121, 143

  interviews after arrest, 193–195, 196

  as Jones drilled through vault wall, 76, 78, 138

  leaving Hatton Garden on Friday, 79–80

  meeting on day after heist, 86

  motivation for Hatton Garden heist, 21, 171

  as old-school criminal, 27–28, 153–154

  phone calls monitored by Flying Squad, 121

  planning Hatton Garden heist, 19, 20–21, 27, 60

  plans to dispose of jewelry, 155, 156–158, 171, 174, 175–177

  plans to move and exchange jewels, 177–180, 182

  political views, 148, 151–152

  real estate investments, 25, 148, 150, 151, 173

  recruitment of Foreman, 33

  return to Hatton Garden on Sunday, 83–84

  Security Express robbery, 20, 23–24, 26–27, 33, 130, 143, 160, 179

  sentencing, 226

  surveillance bugs in car, 121, 131, 138–140, 148–154, 178–180, 182, 205, 236

  taking jewels from the vault, 85–86

  white van disposed of, 126

  worry about division of loot, 154–155, 159, 172–173

  Pink Panther, The (movie), 109

  Pink Panthers, 108–109, 128

  poltergeists, 51, 53

  Porchester Spa, 221–222

  Postman Always Rings Twice, The (movie), 192

  Puri, Hesham, 213, 241–242, 245

  Pussy Galore, 14

  Queen’s Counsel, 205, 209

  Ramm, Roy, 48, 93

  Reader, Brian

  abandoning the heist, 80–81, 167, 214, 245

  about, 5–7, 23

  accused of police officer murder, 9, 122–124

  age, xi, 20, 211, 246

  arrest, 189, 202

  arrival and entry into safe deposit, 69–70, 71

  avoidance of violence, 12, 13

  Baker Street robbery (Lloyd’s bank), 7–9, 54, 62, 75, 199

  in Belmarsh Prison, 236, 241–242, 246

  Brink’s-Mat gold laundering, 9, 14, 17–18, 110, 158

  bus ride to Hatton Garden Heist, xi–xii, xiii–xiv, 69

  Castle pub surveillance recordings, 137–138

  and Chatila heist, 236

  confiscation hearings, 244, 245–246

  contacts for laundering, 7, 158

  early life and criminal career, 10–16

  evidence found at Reader’s house, 189–190

  followed by undercover officers, 133

  Great Train Robbery influence, 37, 38, 39

  guilty plea, 198, 202

  house in Dartford, Kent, xi, 5, 9–10, 164, 181, 222, 246, 248

  identified as suspect, 121

  interviews after arrest, 195, 196–197

  as Jones drilled through vault wall, 75–76, 78

  leaving Hatton Garden on Friday, 79–81

  legitimate jobs in jewelry and art world, 14

  marriage, 11

  McCarthy alias, xiii, 13

  migraines and other health issues, xiv, 5–6

  military service in Royal Engineers, 11

  motivation for Hatton Garden heist, 6, 21

  as old-school professional thief, 12, 15

  participation after Hatton Garden heist, 158–159, 164–165

  phone calls monitored by Flying Squad, 121, 135

  planning Hatton Garden heist, 20–23, 57, 60–61

  prison sentences, 9, 16, 18, 226

  quiet life with family, 9–10, 12–13

  release from prison, 246

  sentencing for Hatton Garden heist, 226

  in Spain–in 1980s, 15–16

  stroke, 226, 242, 245

  unwillingness to buy beer for others, 6, 137, 159, 166, 195

  used car business, 5, 6, 164

  work as truck driver, 11

  Reader, Doris, 10

  Reader, Harry, 10

  Reader, Joanne, 6, 242

  Reader, Lyn (née Kidd), 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18

  Reader, Paul, 6, 135, 189, 202, 248

  Reynolds, Bruce, 37–38

  Richardson, Charlie and Eddie, 12

  Robinson, Brian, 17

  Robinson, Spencer, 147–148, 149–152, 185

  Robinson, Terri (née Perkins)

  confiscation hearings, 248

  conversation about Perkins’s will, 152–153

  engagement ring, 147

  guilty plea, 248

  house in Enfield, 25, 52, 149, 177, 185–186

  vacation in Portugal, 153, 178, 182

  Rocket, Jones’s dog, 2, 21, 59, 178, 184, 220

  Rogers, Richard, 143

  Royal Docks, London, 175

  Ruben, Luis, 49–50

  Rushdie, Salman, 20

  Sainsbury, Noel, 55, 187–188

  Sandford, Daniel, 202

  Scadlynn Ltd., 17

  schmeissing, 222

  Scobie, James, 245

  Scotland Yard

  Brink’s-Mat he
ist arrests, 17

  covert surveillance technology, 122

  on Firm’s meetings at Castle pub, 19

  Kenneth Noye surveillance operation, 123

  phone-hacking scandal, 96–97

  Reader grassed by Gervaise, 15

  recapture of Perkins in 2012, 24–25

  recorded Firm conversations, 23

  see also Flying Squad

  Scotti’s Snack Bar, Clerkenwell, 59, 133

  Security Express robbery, 23–24, 26–27, 33–34, 35, 130, 143, 160, 179

  Seed, John, 234

  Seed, Kathleen, 234

  Seed, Michael, 233–234

  see also Basil

  Sellers, Peter, 109

  Sexy Beast (movie), 88

  Short, Martin, 15

  Sinatra, Frank, 12, 203

  Sinclair, Philip, 210

  Slipper, Jack, 38

  Smith & Harris, 42

  Southwark Crown Court, 204, 237

  Specialist Crime Directorate 7 (SDC7). See Flying Squad

  Stephenson, Paul, 97

  Stockwell, Kelvin

  discovery of theft, 87, 223–224

  evening departure from safe deposit, 63, 69

  history at safe deposit company, xiii, 223

  interview by Jamie Day, 115

  response to intruder alarm, 77, 223, 224

  testimony at trial, 223–224

  Stott, Philip, 205, 237

  Sun (newspaper), 89, 96, 145, 202, 246

  supergrasses, 14, 15, 92

  Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway, 54–55

  Sweeney, 91, 92, 94, 98

  see also Flying Squad

  Sweeney, The (TV show), 91

  Sweeney Todd (musical), 91

  Tate & Lyle Sugars, 174–175

  Teikoku Bank vaults in Hiroshima, 54

  Thatcher, Margaret, 112, 126, 148, 151–152

  Thomas Crown Affair, The, 108

  Thurber, James, 2

  Tibbs, James, 237

  Titanic (movie), 2

  Tomassi, Mark, 221

  Trembath, Graham, 247

  trial of Hatton Garden accomplices

  admissibility of secret recordings, 214–215

  beginning of trial, 208–210

  Carl Wood, 206–207, 217–220, 226

  first court appearance, 204

  Hugh Doyle, 207, 210, 215–217, 226, 227

  John Harbinson, 207, 225–226

  legal bill for defendants, 210

  media affection for old thieves, 201–203

  media coverage of trial, 209

  prosecution by Evans, 204, 206–208, 210–217, 218–219, 220, 222

  Terry Perkins’s appearance, 204

  testimony of Kelvin Stockwell, 223–224

  verdict, 226–227

  William Lincoln, 207, 220–223, 226–227

  see also Hatton Garden investigation

  Turner, Craig

  about, 112

  assembly of a team, 111

  first informed about Hatton Garden heist, 87

  huge pressure to solve the crime, 98

  on identifying Reader, 121

  on media coverage of investigation, 129

  Operation Yena, 88

  patience in investigation, 131, 135

  on planning of Hatton Garden heist, 64

  planning raid to arrest suspects, 181–182, 185–189

  reaction to Hatton Garden arrests, 189–190, 198

  statements about Basil, 230

  teamwork with Johnson, 111–113

  walkie-talkies

  Baker Street robbery, 8, 62

  Hatton Garden heist, 71, 73, 76, 121, 195, 211

  Walters, Bren, 248

  Warren, Jon, 188

  Wheatsheaf pub. See Old Wheatsheaf pub, Enfield

  Wiffen, Helen, 65, 70, 83

  Wiffen, Lionel, 63, 65–66, 70, 72, 83, 230–231

  Windsor, Barbara, 35

  Winslet, Kate, 2

  Winstone, Ray, 244

  Wood, Carl

  abandoning the heist, 84, 168, 169, 206–207, 218

  absence after the heist, 159, 169–170

  arrest, 202

  arrival and entry into safe deposit building, 70–71, 73

  in Belmarsh Prison, 242–243

  debts, 32, 83, 168, 169, 218

  extortion conviction, 32, 217, 219

  friendship with Jones, 2, 32, 33, 218, 219

  health problems, 32, 81, 83, 168, 169–170, 218–219

  interviews after arrest, 195–196

  as Jones drilled through vault wall, 77, 78

  leaving Hatton Garden on Friday, 79–80, 81

  return to Hatton Garden on Sunday, 83–84

  sentencing, 226

  trial, 206–207, 217–220, 226

  Wood, Paula, 32

  Woolwich Crown Court, 204, 208–209, 222, 233

  World Is Not Enough, The (movie), 144

  yentas, 44, 45

  Ye Olde Cherry Tree pub, Southgate, 134

  Ye Olde Mitre, 43

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  Names: Bilefsky, Dan, author.

  Title: The last job : the “bad grandpas” and the Hatton Garden heist / Dan Bilefsky.

  Description: First edition. | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2018046576 | ISBN 9780393609516 (hardcover)

  Subjects: LCSH: Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company. | Burglary—England—London—Case studies. | Jewelry theft—England—London—Case studies. | Older offenders—England—London—Case studies. | Burglars—England—London—Case studies. | Safe deposit companies—England—London—Case studies.

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