The Hatton Garden Heist: The Diamond Wheezers - Part 2: Inside the Mind of a Diamond Geezer

Easter 2015: While London slept, a geriatric gang of thieves, armed with drills and decades of criminal audacity, ransacked the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Centre, making off with over £14 million in jewels and gold. But their old-school methods collided spectacularly with the digital age, leading to their swift capture.

In this gripping second part of "The Diamond Wheezers," join Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt and journalist Helen Fospero as they delve into Martin's unprecedented correspondence with one of the key players: Danny Jones. Go beyond the headlines and into the mind of a "burnt-out burglar" who offers to return his share of the loot, leading to a bizarre and heavily armed police operation at a London cemetery.

Uncover the dark humor, the surprising tenderness, and the audacious double-bluff that characterized Danny Jones's letters from behind bars. Did the police really refuse his offer? What was found buried beneath a memorial plaque? And what does Danny reveal about an alleged "inside job"?

This episode explores the human side of the heist, the victims largely forgotten in the initial media frenzy, and the almost comical incompetence that brought down this "Dad's Army" of criminals. Was the Hatton Garden Heist truly the last hurrah for Britain's old-school villains in a rapidly changing world?

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