SIX FEET PLUNDER
Hatton Garden burglar buried share of loot in a cemetery
POLICE have recovered boxes of loot after digging up a cemetery where one of the Hatton Garden jewel raiders said he buried his swag.
Armed officers escorted Danny Jones to the North London spot as a police helicopter hovered overhead.
He was then rushed back to Belmarsh prison in South East London as a dozen officers in forensic suits began an excavation at Edmonton cemetery, less than half a mile from his home.
Two police officers in a black unmarked car were stationed inside the grounds as business carried on as usual with a funeral procession yesterday afternoon.
Jones has admitted his part in the £20million Easter bank holiday jewel heist and is awaiting sentence.
The development comes after he wrote to a journalist claiming police had rejected his offer to show them his stash.
He wrote: “What a load of bull! The police can’t want it back, as I’m the only person in the world to know where it is deep down.
“I want to do the right thing and give it back. If I don’t get the chance to go out under armed escort, I hope some poor sod who’s having it hard out there with his or her family find the lot and have a nice life, as you never know, people do find things, don’t they?”
Detectives now estimate the gang escaped with gems and cash worth up to £20million – more than double the original estimate. They believe that a “significant” amount remains missing.
Thieves drilled through concrete walls at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd to get into the firm’s vault.
Jones is one of four men who have admitted taking part in the raid. Five others face trial next month.
A Met spokeswoman said Flying Squad officers had on Thursday “searched a venue in North London where property was recovered”.