Sexy Beasts: The True Story of the

Sexy Beasts: The True Story of the "Diamond Geezers" and the Record-Breaking $100 Million Hatton Garden Heist

by Wensley Clarkson
Sexy Beasts: The True Story of the

Sexy Beasts: The True Story of the "Diamond Geezers" and the Record-Breaking $100 Million Hatton Garden Heist

by Wensley Clarkson

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Overview

In what has been described as a true-life blend of "Grumpy Old Men" and "Ocean's Eleven, SEXY BEASTS is an insider account of the 2015 Hatton Garden Heist, in which a group of retirement-age career criminals — the so-called "Diamond Geezers" — robbed a London jewelry vault, in what would be the biggest burglary in UK history.

The Hatton Garden Heist captured the British public's imagination more than another other crime since The Great Train Robbery. It was supposed to make a fortune for a team of old time professional criminals. Their last hurrah. A final lucrative job that would send the old codgers off on happy retirements to the badlands of Spain and beyond. It seemed to be the stuff of legends. Tens of millions of dollars worth of valuables grabbed from safety deposit boxes in a vault beneath one of the most famous jewelry districts in the world.

But where did it all go wrong for this band of old time villains? And how did the gang's bid to pull off the world's biggest burglary turn into a deadly game of cat and mouse featuring the police and London's most dangerous crime lords?

Nobody is better placed to reveal the full story of the Hatton Garden Heist than Britain's best-connected true crime writer, Wensley Clarkson. Through his unparalleled contacts inside the criminal underworld, he's finally able to reveal the astonishing details behind Britain's biggest ever burglary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316546027
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 07/12/2016
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Wensley Clarkson is the foremost chronicler of the UK criminal underworld. He has written numerous true crime books, including biographies of Brink's-Mat defendant Kenneth Noye, ex-Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson, and legendary south London criminal Jimmy Moody. Clarkson's books have sold more than one million books worldwide. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Part 1 The History

Chapter 1 Crime's Labyrinth 13

Chapter 2 London's Badlands 20

Chapter 3 Watching and Listening 29

Chapter 4 Knocking Down Doors 40

Chapter 5 In the Money 48

Chapter 6 As Good as Gold 57

Chapter 7 Partners in Crime 67

Chapter 8 Casualties of War 74

Chapter 9 Bang to Rights 82

Chapter 10 Bandits High 90

Chapter 11 Timeshare or Bust 97

Chapter 12 Missed Opportunities 103

Chapter 13 Itchy Feet 115

Part 2 The Job

Chapter 14 All Wound Up 125

Chapter 15 Finding the Troops 133

Chapter 16 The Crossing 141

Chapter 17 True Professionals 147

Chapter 18 Time Gentlemen, Please 154

Chapter 19 No Turning Back 162

Chapter 20 Too Close for Comfort 168

Chapter 21 Sleeping Dogs Lie 174

Chapter 22 Déjà Vu 182

Chapter 23 Anticlimax 190

Chapter 24 Keeping Up Appearances 196

Chapter 25 Feeding the Pack 206

Chapter 26 Second Bite of the Cherry 213

Chapter 27 Trouble on the Horizon 221

Chapter 28 Under the Cosh 228

Chapter 29 Three Old Men in a Pub 235

Chapter 30 The Wire 247

Part 3 The Justice

Chapter 31 Lambs to the Slaughter 263

Chapter 32 Fair Cop, Guv 273

Chapter 33 The Animal Factory 280

Chapter 34 Trouble Brewing 292

Chapter 35 Fishy Tales 302

Chapter 36 Future Shock 312

Chapter 37 What Comes Around 317

Chapter 38 Dead Man Walking 318

Chapter 39 Aftermath 321

Postscript 328

Acknowledgments 330

Appendix: The Sexy Beasts 332

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