By Paul Smith
Daring, audacious and brilliant - or terrifying, brutal and bad. Scotland has been domestic to a couple of Britain's so much excessive profile robberies and Heist lifts the lid on a few of these infamous raids, reopening the documents on either solved and unsolved circumstances. through retracing the stairs of the robbers and during interviews with specialists and those that had their lives hit through the incidents, the e-book places a brand new slant on a few jaw-dropping crimes. From one of many maximum profile artwork thefts of the trendy period to an SAS kind aerial attack on a financial institution, Heist tracks raids on every thing from stately houses to commercial devices as a deadly disease of recent society is highlighted. Heist finds the lasting repercussions of 1 of the country's so much excessive profile thefts, while one among Britain's richest aristocrats suffered the robbery of a GBP5million Leonardo da Vinci portray from his family's Scottish fort. This booklet additionally info the Stone of Destiny's robbery via Scottish Nationalists from Westminster Abbey....
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-1-78027-198-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-85790-805-6 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library To Coral, Finlay, Mia and Zara Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Hitting the Heights 2 The Ibrox Open Goal 3 A Sign of the Times 4 A Lasting Impression 5 The First Rule of Robbery 6 The Crime that Rocked the Capital 7 Auction House Hammered 8 An Ugly Secret 9 Scotland’s Unwelcome Tourists 10 A Jewel Heist with a Difference 11 Blood on the Streets 12 A City’s Darkest Day 13 Tricks of the Trade 14 The Art of the Heist 15 An Age-old Problem 16 National Emergency Postscript Bibliography Colourplates Acknowledgments Few books open with a word of thanks for the men and women of Scotland’s police service but it seems fitting to do just that.
The file remains open although the hopes of ever gaining a conclusion by bringing suspects to court remain a fading dream for those who were left stumped by a carefully choreographed and perfectly executed heist. 2 The Ibrox Open Goal It was described at the time as Scotland’s biggest bank robbery and one of the best planned the country had ever seen. It also had as one of its main suspects a man billed as the Monocled Major and one of Glasgow’s most recognisable districts as its backdrop – in short, the Ibrox heist of 1955 had all the ingredients to make it a headline writer’s dream.
There was a tremendous public response to the initial appeal for information, with detectives and uniformed colleagues interviewing hundreds of witnesses. They spent time visiting businesses throughout Altens and left no stone unturned in their quest for vital clues. Staff at the cash depot were also quizzed at length, with officers duty bound to explore the possibility that the raiders may have had help from the inside. That was not a theory that was ever publicly discussed or given credence by the investigating team.