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The Millennium Dome Raid - 7 Nov 2000

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  • The Money Zone after a raid on  350 million of diamonds on show at the Millennium Dome in SE London. Six people were arrested, including four in the Money zone vault, and two by the River Thames, where the robbers had a powerboat waiting to speed them from the scene.   *... In scenes reminiscent of the James Bond film The World is Not Enough, the raiders used a bulldozer to break into the Dome. Had it been successful, it would have been the world's largest ever robbery.
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  • An excavator at the scene after a raid on  350 million of diamonds on show at the Millennium Dome in SE London.  Six people were arrested, including four in the Money zone vault, and two by the River Thames, where the robbers had a powerboat.  *... waiting to speed them from the scene. In scenes reminiscent of the James Bond film The World is Not Enough, the raiders used a bulldozer to break into the Dome. Had it been successful, it would have been the world's largest ever robbery.   18/02/02 Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.  21/01/04: Three appeal judges were hearing legal challenges by three of the men found guilty of plotting to carry out what would have been the biggest robbery in UK history, the planned snatch of  200 million worth of diamonds from the Millennium Dome.   23/03/04: The JCB digger used in the infamous attempt to steal diamonds worth  200 million from the Millennium Dome was being sold at auction.  Brisk bidding is expected for the 1992 3CX Sitemaster Backhoe Loader - which still bears the "scars" of the doomed heist - when it goes under the hammer at JCB's headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire.
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  • An excavator at the scene after a raid on  350 million of diamonds on show at the Millennium Dome in SE London.  Six people were arrested, including four in the Money zone vault, and two by the River Thames, where the robbers had a powerboat.  *... waiting to speed them from the scene. In scenes reminiscent of the James Bond film The World is Not Enough, the raiders used a bulldozer to break into the Dome. Had it been successful, it would have been the world's largest ever robbery.    * 08/11/2001: Police foiled the "robbery" of the jewels when they caught raiders red handed as they smashed their way in using a mechanical digger, an Old Bailey court heard, at the opening of the trial of six men accused of plotting to rob the De Beers Millennium Diamond Exhibition with others unknown.
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  • An armoured van being loaded by police, after a foiled raid on a diamond display in The Millennium Dome at Greenwich.  Six people were arrested, including four in the Money zone vault, and two by the River Thames, where the robbers had a powerboat waiting to escape from the scene.   *... The raiders used a bulldozer to break into the Dome, and had it been successful, it would have been the world's largest ever robbery.    * 08/11/2001: Police foiled the "robbery" of the jewels when they caught raiders red handed as they smashed their way in using a mechanical digger, an Old Bailey court heard, at the opening of the trial of six men accused of plotting to rob the De Beers Millennium Diamond Exhibition with others unknown.
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  • Police bar entry to the Dome after a raid on  350 million of diamonds on show at the Millennium Dome in SE London. Six people were arrested, including four in the Money zone vault, and two by the River Thames, where the robbers had a powerboat waiting.  *... to speed them from the scene. In scenes reminiscent of the James Bond film The World is Not Enough, the raiders used a bulldozer to break into the Dome. Had it been successful, it would have been the world's largest ever robbery.
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  • The scene inside the Millennium Dome in SE London after the foiled raid by thieves on a display of diamonds worth  350 million. It would have been the world's largest robbery. More than 100 police officers were waiting for the robbers.  *... who had broken in using a mechanical excavator and planned to escape using a powerboat on the Thames, and arrested six men. Police had been on standby for the raid at least 24 times, and had replaced the diamond with fakes.
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  • The shattered case containing the Millennium Star diamond after the raid on the Millennium Dome November 2000.  The actual diamond had been substituted for a replica ahead of the attack.  Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.
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  • Image from CCTV on the attack by on the Millennium Star diamond at the Millennium Dome 7 November 2000. Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.   * 22/12/02: Image from CCTV on the attack by on the Millennium Star diamond at the Millennium Dome 7 November 2000, which came 10th in a Top 10 list of arrests by British police. The Millennium Dome Robbery, the final entry in the Top 10, would have been the biggest heist of all time, had officers from the Met s Flying Squad not foiled the plan. A gang of four had plotted to steal priceless diamonds from the Dome s Money Zone, but officers were on their trail - knowing of the scheme they replaced the diamonds with fakes. More than 100 officers were at the Dome to greet the gang when they smashed in using a JCB.  The Top 10 list, released to coincide with the 110th birthday of Police Review, was compiled by Jan Berry, chairman of the Police Federation, Rick Naylor, vice president of the Superintendents  Association, and Police Review staff.
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  • Tools recovered by police in the aftermath of the abortive raid on the Millennium Dome November 2000. Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.
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  • The shattered case containing the Millennium Star diamond after the raid on the Millennium Dome November 2000.  The actual diamond had been substituted for a replica ahead of the attack.  Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.   21/01/04: The Court of Appeal was today hearing legal challenges by three of the men found guilty of plotting to carry out what would have been the biggest robbery in UK history, the planned snatch of  200 million worth of diamonds from the Millennium Dome.
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  • A gas mask recovered by police in the aftermath of the abortive raid on the Millennium Dome November 2000.  Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.
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  • Items, including a gas mask and a nail gun, recovered by police in the aftermath of the abortive raid on the Millennium Dome in November 2000.  Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London Monday February 18, 2002 of plotting to carry out the robbery.
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  • Metropolitan Police surveillance photograph of robbers driving a mechanical excavator and a Transit van to the Millennium Dome November 2000, for an abortive raid on diamonds on display.    * Four men were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium. A fifth man was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal the diamonds
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  • A rubber face mask recovered by police in the aftermath of the abortive raid on the Millennium Dome November 2000.  Four men were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery.
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  • Metropolitan Police photograph of William Cockram and Raymond Betson testing the speedboat that would be used have been used as a get-away craft after the raid on millions of pounds of diamonds at the Millennium Dome November 2000.    * But police were lying in wait to foil the heist, and Cockram, Betson and two others were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London, of conspiracy to rob. A fifth person was cleared of conspiring to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal.
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  • Undated Metropolitan Police photograph of Raymond Betson, 40, who was one of four men who were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium by snatching 200 million worth of diamonds from the Dome.  * ...in November 2000.  A fifth man was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal the diamonds
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  • Metropolitan Police photograph of officers leading away Aldo Ciarrocchi, 32, following an abortive raid on the Millennium Dome Novermber 2000.   Ciarrocchi was one of four men who were found guilty by a jury, at the Old Bailey in London.  * ... of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium by snatching 200 million worth of diamonds from the Dome. A fifth man was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal the diamonds
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  • Undated Metropolitan Police photograph of William Cockram, who was one of four men who were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium by snatching 200 million worth of diamonds from the Dome.  * ...in November 2000.  A fifth man was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal the diamonds
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  • Undated Metropolitan Police photograph of Robert Adams, 57, who was one of four men who were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium by snatching 200 million worth of diamonds from the Dome.  * ...in November 2000.  A fifth man was cleared of conspiracy to rob but found guilty of conspiracy to steal the diamonds
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  • Undated Metropolitan Police photograph of Kevin Meredith, who was cleared at the Old Bailey in London, of conspiring to rob, but found of conspiracy to steal.  Four other men were found guilty of plotting to carry out the robbery of the millennium.  * ... by snatching 200 million worth of diamonds from the Dome November 2000.
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