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No what should have happened was the Portuguese cops being told to f**k of from the start and a Scotland Yard team given Cart Blanche budget to stay there until she was found instead the police f

I’d still rather weigh into that funding mate than chasing those lads 

If you read the Mccann book ,  youll totally see that  a) Kate Mccann must either be the devils half sister to be compliant in such a long stretched story  or more likely  b ) that

1 hour ago, lurcherman 887 said:

Lol was gutted at the end mate, cant wait for season 4 ... dont think it be the same though!! The music at the end of the episodes does it for me lol 

Gutted I felt myself welling up lol even considering all the dodgy shit they got up to series 4 I can’t wait. 

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If you read the Mccann book , 

youll totally see that 

a) Kate Mccann must either be the devils half sister to be compliant in such a long stretched story 

or more likely 

b ) that she goes through daily hell administering to her children and in her work to those abused by others whilst in the back of her mind screaming out the same has likely been done to her daughter.  

an absolute tragedy of a tale 

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No what should have happened was the Portuguese cops being told to f**k of from the start and a Scotland Yard team given Cart Blanche budget to stay there until she was found

instead the police fund gets spunked on helicopters for gallelio equality drives for ethnic officers  and picc investigations into Mark duggan dickheads 

if that was a yank or Russian child , it wouldn’t have even been a thought 

 

 

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Was in machine mart in Twickenham earlier,the same place the hatton garden lot bought the jack they used in the raid,the guy who works there said ray Winston filmed a scene in the shop  for this movie....

 

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Hatton Garden's 'Basil' linked to raid due to disctinctive walk, court hears

The final suspect in the Hatton Garden heist, who became known as Basil, was linked to the raid because of his distinctive walks, a court has heard.

Michael Seed, 58, whose photograph can be shown for the first time today, is alleged to have been a key member of the gang who carried out Britain's biggest ever burglary.

But after the heist he disappeared and was not arrested until last year when police swooped on his one bedroom council flat in Liverpool Road, Islington.

Woolwich Crown Court heard how Mr Seed allegedly helped disable the safe deposit company's alarm system, allowing his accomplices to drill through the vault wall during  the 2015 Easter bank holiday weekend.

He and Danny Jones, 63, then allegedly slipped through the hole before the gang made off with an estimated £13.7 million in gold, cash and gems.

CCTV cameras captured Basil wearing a blue boiler suit, white gloves, carrying a black bin bag and disguised with a wig, face mask and earphones, as he walked in through the main door of 88-90 Hatton Garden.

The jury heard how Mr Seed was photographed by police as he twice met Hatton Garden raider John "Kenny" Collins, 78, in a park in Islington, in the wake of the burglary.

 

Comparing CCTV images from the raid itself with covert footage of Mr Seed, an expert concluded there was "strong evidence" to support the theory that he was the mystery man

known as Basil, Philip Evans QC, prosecuting, told the jury.

Mr Evans told jurors: "He concluded that the 'Basil' footage showed someone with a particular habitual walk or gait - an abnormality in his right leg."

When officers raided Mr Seeds flat they found a home-made work bench in his bedroom with electrical devices, precision drills, a smelting machine and more than 1,000 items of jewellery, gold, watches and bundles of precious or semi-precious stones, valued by auctioneers at around £143,000.

The court heard some 933 or 92 per cent of the items recovered potentially items stolen in the Hatton Garden burglary.

The prosecutor said: "The fact that Michael Seed has a share of similar items, demonstrates that he participated in the burglary of Hatton Garden Safe Deposit as a joint principal and ringleader."

Books about electronics and surveillance, specialist devices that can covertly monitor sounds and movements, "training devices" and a gadget that could have blocked an alarm signal were also recovered from Seed's home.

Mr Evans said high-visibility "Royal Mail" and "BT" clothing found in his bedroom could have been used to gain access to premises for "reconnaissance purposes".

 

"The Crown allege that the electronic devices found demonstrate that Mr Seed's role during the Hatton Garden burglary was a crucial one: the disabling of the alarm or security system," he added.

He told jurors covert recordings of Hatton Garden burglars Jones, Collins and Terry Perkins, who died aged 69 last year, backed their case that Seed is Basil.

Jones is said to have referred to Seed's "frugal lifestyle" when he said the gold, cash and "foreign money" Basil had got from the raid would last him "Forever Tel, that will last him right through, he goes for the cheapest gaffs".

Collins is alleged to have talked about Seed's apparent expertise with the alarm system when he said: "He can baffle me with bullshit. I'll say why did the bell go?"

The court has heard five of the six men who were physically present at Hatton Garden - Brian Reader, 79, Collins, 78, Jones, 61, Carl Wood, 61, and Perkins have been convicted of conspiring to carry out the burglary.

Four other people - William Lincoln, 63, Hugh Doyle, 51, Terri Robinson, 38, and Bren Walters, 47 - were also convicted in connection with the crime.

Mr Evans said: "The Crown allege that Michael Seed, the defendant, is the final participant in the burglary at Hatton Garden and is the man referred to by the co-conspirators as 'Basil'."

Mr Seed is also accused of being a member of the team who carried out a "strikingly similar" raid on the Chatila jewellery store in Bond Street in August 2010 in which around £1 million worth of gems and £45,000 in cash was stolen.

 

Mr Evans said: "These two offences in particular required very specialist skills and knowledge to defeat the alarms and security measures in the premises.

"The prosecution suggest that Mr Seed is one of those people and had the requisite level of skill and knowledge to assist in the successful execution of these crimes."

The court heard Mr Seed had spent a fortnight in Lisbon seven weeks after the Hatton Garden burglary, while holiday photographs suggested he had travelled abroad following the Chatila raid.

Jurors were told he has been unemployed since 2009, never declared or registered any business in the UK, not declared or paid tax on any earnings, and does not receive benefits.

Bank records showed injections of thousands of pounds into his account in the months following both burglaries.

Mr Seed denies two charges of conspiracy to commit burglary and one charge of conspiracy to convert or transfer criminal property.

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16 minutes ago, Councilestatekid said:

I cant believe such people if involved still keep stuff at there home address dont know if its complacency or stupidity but youd think they'd know better

Yup, schoolboy error, am sure old Bazil will have an explanation though.......

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On 29/03/2018 at 16:45, lurcherman 887 said:

Lol was gutted at the end mate, cant wait for season 4 ... dont think it be the same though!! The music at the end of the episodes does it for me lol 

Music at the end was like a drug to me..., just had to watch the next episode..., and the next ? 

 

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