When was the last bank robbery UK?

In the early morning hours of February 22, 2006, a gang of at least six men, some of them armed, steal £53 million from the Securitas bank depot in Kent, Great Britain.

Is the bank job movie a true story?

Yes. It is based on the Baker Street robbery that happened in the Lloyds bank in London in 1971 It initially became a headline on many newspapers and was dubbed the ‘walkie-talkie bank job’ because some random person heard the robbers’ conversation on his walkie-talkie unintentionally.

Was the Bank of England ever robbed?

LONDON – A gang of armed robbers impersonating police officers tied up employees at a southern England security company and stole the equivalent of $43.5 million, the Bank of England said Wednesday in disclosing one of the largest bank heists in British history.

Who was listening to the Lloyds Bank robbery?

In the early hours of Saturday 11th September 1971, as the robbers were tunneling into the safety deposit vault at Lloyds Bank on Baker Street, a nearby amateur radio ham was listening to their every word. The gang were using walkie-talkies to communicate, and radio hobbyist Robert Rowlands had accidently tuned into their transmissions.

Who was jailed for the Liphook bank robbery?

A second robber stabbed the 50-year-old before both men fled the Lloyds Bank branch in Liphook, Hampshire, on 16 May. Pay was jailed for 16-and-a-half years at Winchester Crown Court. Pay, of Liphook Road, Lindford, had previously admitted wounding with intent, having an imitation firearm with intent and two counts of attempted robbery.

What was the date of the Baker Street robbery?

Baker Street robbery. The Baker Street robbery was the burglary of the safe deposit boxes at the Baker Street, London branch of Lloyds Bank, on the night of 11 September 1971.

Where is Lloyds Bank in Baker Street London?

On Sunday afternoon police gained entry to the Baker Street branch of Lloyds, located on the junction with Marylebone Road. Upon investigation, nothing seemed untoward: the vault was secured with a time-lock and there was zero sign of intrusion.