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
Copyright © 2019 by Dan Bilefsky
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition
For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact
W. W. Norton Special Sales at [email protected] or 800-233-4830
Manufacturing by Sheridan
Book design by Lovedog Studio
Production manager: Lauren Abbate
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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.
Classification: LCC HV6665.G72 B55 2019 | DDC 364.16/2873927—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018046576
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10110
www.wwnorton.com
W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., 15 Carlisle Street, London W1D 3BS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0