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police radio frequencies: he was detained on the north shore of the Thames, opposite the Dome. All the suspects were apprehended; Millman was apprehended in a van. Once all the suspects had been detained, they were taken to police stations in South London. By noon, some areas of the Dome had reopened, but other areas, including the Money Zone, were cordoned off.
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so bad. ... There was nobody in the vault, no security workers walking around". He stated that had the plan succeeded, "It would have taken a very short time from hitting the main gate to getting back across the Thames – five minutes maximum". He also added, "No one was going to get hurt – there was no one to hurt. ... The Dome was always empty".
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high tide. Upon closer investigation, the detectives discovered that the tide was at its highest possible level each day when the robbery was aborted. The police began to investigate the patterns of the tide and were able to predict the possible times that the raid was to take place. One of the predicted days happened to be the date of the actual raid.
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The Metropolitan Police identified the possible days the raid could occur and communicated this information to De Beers and the Dome's management. Two of the days that the police had identified resulted in aborted attempts. The first aborted attempt occurred in early October and was called off due to
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On 1 September 2000, the team identified three suspected robbers—Lee Wenham, Raymond Betson, and William Cockram—at the Dome. It was then found that the Thames were at high tide every time they visited the attraction. They were observed visiting the exhibition and recording video footage, leading the
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In the summer of 2000, the Flying Squad became aware of a significant armed robbery plot after receiving a tip-off. The location of this robbery was unclear, but the identities of some of the robbers were known to the police. The police spent several months developing intelligence on the plot and set
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On the first day of the defence case, Cockram discussed the lack of security inside the Dome: "I couldn't believe how simple it was. ... I was thinking, this cannot be true, it was a gift. At first, I had thought it was pie in the sky, but after going down there, I couldn't believe security was
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All the officers were briefed at 3 am, the day of the raid, on the contingency plans in place. Before the raid, some officers were positioned behind a dummy wall, and others were dressed as cleaners and Dome employees, with their firearms concealed. Before the raid, four members of the gang had been
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and placing the boat in the river opposite the Dome. This activity indicated to the Squad that the robbery was close; however, this was not the case. Police then investigated the delay. The detectives analysed the times and days of the aborted attempts and found that they had something in common—the
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After this unsuccessful robbery, the police received a tip-off about the Dome raid from an informer. At a meeting between detectives to discuss the Nine Elms Lane attempted robbery and the information the informer provided about the Dome raid, one detective who had recently visited the Dome quipped,
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Detective Superintendent Jon Shatford stated that this attempted robbery brought to his attention a gang capable of carrying out a robbery with this level of planning. This unsuccessful attack provided the police with important clues and led them to track some of the vehicles used in the raid to two
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After three months of the trial, the jury of seven women and five men reached a 10–2 majority verdict against the defendants after they had deliberated for nearly seven court days. After a week of deliberations the judge Michael Coombe accepted the majority verdict and so the men were found guilty.
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Betson said, "I had every confidence in him – there was no way I thought he would betray me – not for two seconds. ... If this had come to me from someone else – in a pub – I would not have gone along with it, but it was the background to where it had come from. It was solid." Betson explained
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After this attempt, the police suspected the raid was imminent and were convinced the raid would take place the following day. The police then replaced all Dome staff with armed undercover officers. On several days in October, the gang under surveillance looked as if they were about to commence the
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Betson told the jury that his brother-in-law, Michael Waring, working at the Dome as part of the perimeter security, had told him about a school friend, Tony, who was also working there. Betson claimed that Waring had told him about Tony's plan: "Tony had got this plan together. He had a backer –
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The police pounced on four members of the gang as they attempted to smash their way into the display case. As the four men were arrested, other officers stationed around the Dome arrested another man in a high-powered boat on the Thames. The police also arrested a man they suspected of monitoring
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Due to an increase in surveillance, the police discovered other members of the gang. These included Terry Millman, tasked with obtaining the getaway speedboat for the escape. Cockram and Betson were also observed filming the surrounding river and jetty. The surveillance of the gang continued, and
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Hurley had been under surveillance by the police when he was spotted refining and testing the robbery plan for weeks in advance. He was dubbed the "boatman" by the police as he was seen taking photographs of the Dome from vessels on the Thames and was organising the speedboat to be used for the
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to be used to penetrate the security glass that was protecting the exhibit. The digger was used by the gang to break through the perimeter fence and to crash through the side wall of the Dome to reach the Money Zone, where the De Beers diamonds were kept. The digger entered the Dome and parked
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The judge told the defendants, "You played for very high stakes, and you must have known perfectly well what the penalty would be if your enterprise did not succeed." The judge added, "This was a wicked, professional plan, and one which was carried out with the minutest attention to detail.
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Hurley was arrested by Spanish Police following a chase in Puerto Banus on the Costa del Sol, however on 26 February 2002, the extradition warrant was withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service, who decided there was not a realistic prospect of securing a conviction against Hurley.
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Serious Crime who already had the gang members under surveillance for their suspected roles in several unsuccessful armoured vehicle robberies. The operation to foil the robbery was the biggest in the Flying Squad's history. At trial, the judge commended the way it was carried out.
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Called as a prosecution witness, Waring "totally denied" that he was part of the plan or had offered to act criminally by providing information on security. The gang had invested tens of thousands planning the raid and stored the equipment needed at a disused commercial yard in
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Once inside, Ciarrocchi started throwing smoke bombs, and Cockram attempted to break the glass where the diamonds were stored. Cockram knew that the bombproof glass could resist the force of a 60-ton ram raid, but he planned to weaken the glass with three shots from a powerful
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Shatford defended the decision to wait until the gang had reached the diamonds before arresting them. He said, "Our chief concern throughout was public safety. We decided it was better to let the robbers get to the vault where they were effectively imprisoned".
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The JCB digger used in the raid was put up for auction, but it still displayed damage from the raid. The digger was sold at JCB's biannual auction of surplus parts and machines. JCB had taken possession of the machine from insurers after a court hearing.
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were unable to locate him. Hurley was living in a luxury villa in a private enclave close to Puerto Banus. Once Hurley had been photographed, and his identity confirmed, a High Court judge in London issued a red extradition warrant for his arrest.
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the malfunctioning of the speedboat, which was to be used for the getaway. The second aborted attempt occurred one day before the date of the actual raid but was cancelled upon the gang discovering the tide was too low to ensure a safe getaway.
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Sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal. At the same time he was sentenced to nine years after pleading guilty to the Aylesford attempted robbery, in July 2000. Considered to have masterminded the raid.
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On 7 November at 9:30 am, Operation Magician was underway, commanded by Detective Superintendent Jon Shatford of the Metropolitan Police. A total of two hundred officers were involved in the operation, of which forty were from the
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was to be used to contaminate any traces of blood left by him, he said. He explained that the body armour was to be used after the raid for protection when he was scheduled to meet with associates to discuss the sale of the gems.
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officers were stationed around the Thames and twenty on the river to prevent escape attempts. Surveillance officers were disguised as Dome employees. The police used the Millennium Dome's CCTV room as a control room.
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how he developed a trusting relationship with Waring: "I did not think he would try and do me any harm. I trusted." Cockram also said that Betson had told him that Waring was in on the plan.
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Aldo Ciarrocchi and Robert Adams were sentenced to 15 years. Kevin Meredith was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiring to steal and was sentenced to five years.
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Sentenced 18 years for conspiring to rob. Sentence later reduced to 15 years. Convicted again in 2014, following a botched raid on a cash depot in 2012, and sentenced to 13 years.
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nail gun. Then, another gang member, Robert Adams, would use a sledgehammer to break the weakened glass. The plan worked, and the gang was inches from the (decoy) diamonds.
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up an operation they codenamed Operation Magician. During the intelligence gathering, the location of the robbery was found to be the Millennium Dome in Greenwich.
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the following month. The blue diamond, which had an estimated worth of £3 to £3.8 million, was sold for £4.2 million in April 2010 in Sotheby's Hong Kong.
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The Flying Squad arrested a man believed to be the mastermind behind the plot, but he was not present on the day of the raid. The man, James Hurley, from
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worked in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Service. It arrested six more people in connection with the raid on Tuesday morning in the villages of
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If the heist had succeeded, then with a haul of £350 million worth of diamonds (equivalent to £744 million in 2023), it would have become one of the
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their visits to the Dome became more frequent. In late September, a few members of the gang were spotted testing a speedboat in a harbour in Kent.
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to sue the Metropolitan Police Service in March 2003. The decision to award Cockram the money was condemned by the then-shadow home secretary
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Cockram explained that the nail gun bought by the gang was to be used to break the glass in the vault, not as a weapon. The
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Was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiring to steal. He was sentenced to five years.
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getaway. Hurley disappeared at the last minute before the raid took place. After his disappearance, the
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One of the diamonds displayed during the raid was a pear-shaped rare blue diamond. In March 2010, the
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diamond exhibition, which was held in the riverside Dome. The gang had then planned to escape via the
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In February 2000, armed men tried to pull off a £10 million raid on a security van in Nine Elms,
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Sentenced 18 years for conspiring to rob. The sentence was later reduced to 15 years on appeal.
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Betson and Cockram, considered the two leaders of the gang, were both given 18-year sentences.
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isolated farms in rural Kent; these properties were then put under 24-hour surveillance.
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The Great Diamond Heist: The Incredible True Story of the Hatton Garden Diamond Geezers
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earth digger, and all were wearing body armour and gas masks. The men were armed with
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The precautions taken by the Flying Squad included replacing the priceless gems with
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on the men was significantly increased, and the Dome was placed under close watch.
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The case came to trial a year later, on 8 November 2001. It was heard at the
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Drawdock Road / Millennium Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0BB, England
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footage of the raid and footage recorded by undercover police at the time.
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with a team of three others and an emergency warrant for Hurley's arrest.
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The De Beers diamond exhibition had many jewels on display, including the
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Dome Raiders: How Scotland Yard Foiled the Greatest Robbery of All Time
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Dome Raiders: How Scotland Yard Foiled the Greatest Robbery of All Time
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Cockram, sentenced to 18 years for his part in the raid, was awarded
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bestselling author and freelance journalist, wrote a book entitled
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occurring on 7 November 2000. A local gang planned to ram-raid the
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Diamond Geezers: The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium
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Diamond Geezers: The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium
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someone to buy the jewellery. He said the security was crap."
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police to suspect the exhibition could be a target. The
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reported that the gem would be sold in a collection at
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Died of cancer before trial date of 8 November 2001.
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Index


robbery
Millennium Dome
diamond
Greenwich
South East London
De Beers
Thames
Millennium Star
blue diamonds
Flying Squad
Metropolitan Police Service
Kent Police
biggest robberies in history
South London
battering ram
Chelsea
Aylesford, Kent
surveillance
replicas
Crime Museum
Greenwich
Specialist Firearms Command
Flying Squad
JCB
smoke bombs
sledgehammers
nail guns
Hilti
Kent Police

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