Danny Jones, 59, and Terry Perkins, 68, were two of the gang who raided the Hatton Garden safe deposit centre in 2015 in which worth of jewellery, gems and gold was stolen.
Prosecutor Philip Evans said of the earlier Chatila raid: canada goose outlet “This was a premier league crime that required premier league criminals to execute it.
“Evidence relating to a later, highly similar and even more high value burglary demonstrates that Perkins and Jones were indeed those premier canada goose outlet league criminals who carried out this high value burglary at Chatila.”
He added: “There can be very few people who would have the necessary skills, experience and preparedness to carry out a crime with this level of high stakes, high reward and high risk.
“Very few people who would have the contacts to dispose of such huge amounts of high value jewellery. Very few people who would even uk canada goose outlet know how to begin the immensely difficult and complex task of gurgling a highly secure jewellery store like this one.”
Jones has pleaded guilty to the burglary at Chatila’s in 2010. His DNA was found on a canada goose clearance sale glove on the premises, said the prosecutor.
Perkins has denied the Chatila burglary and is on trial at Southwark Crown Court.
Scrap dealer Charles Matthews, 54, denies handling some cheap canada goose of the canada goose outlet uk sale loot from the Chatila burglary.
The prosecutor listed 12 similarities between the canada goose outlet nyc Chatila and Hatton Garden heists, including the use of a key to uk canada goose get in, the disabling of alarms and a lift, the use of a lift shaft, the use of high visibility jackets to disguise the raiders as workmen and the theft of an internal CCTV hard drive.
Mr Evans told jurors: “The similarities. are striking. Those similarities are not explained by coincidence, but because Perkins and Jones were involved in both. You Canada Goose Jackets will hear in detail about the Hatton Garden burglary and will be able to compare it canada goose factory outlet to that in canada goose uk outlet this case and see the similarities for yourself.”
Like the Hatton Garden heist, the canada goose outlet toronto factory Chatila raid happened over a long bank holiday weekend.
Jurors were told that CCTV footage showed a white van parking outside Chatila early on the Sunday of the August Bank Holiday weekend in 2010 and Canada Goose Parka four males dressed in hi viz jackets got out and canada goose uk black friday went towards the store.
The four were later seen taking containers and a bag out of the premises canada goose store before the van left.
Early the next day three males arrived in the van and went into Chatila. Nine hours later two males left the premises and loaded bags into the van before it drove off.
The prosecutor said that after the Hatton Garden raid police hid a listening device in Perkins’ car and recorded him and canada goose outlet online Jones discussing the crime.
He said: canada goose outlet new york city “They also discussed other matters, including referring (by description, not name) to this burglary canada goose outlet uk and their part in it, including their failure to breach the safe in the basement as a result of using the wrong drill and the smaller amount they were able to steal from the ground floor display cases.”
During canada goose outlet store the Hatton Garden investigation police searched the premises of Charles Matthews, a long term friend of Perkins, who runs a scrap metal dealership in east London, the court was canada goose outlet store uk told.
They found a black official canada goose outlet plastic bag hidden behind a removable ceiling tile in Mr Matthews’ office, said the prosecutor.
“In that bag were 50 diamonds with a wholesale value of two emeralds and a jewel encrusted bangle. The bangle, a unique item, has been positively identified as being stolen from Chatila https://www.baertakreation.de in the burglary in 2010.”.
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