Hatton Garden | Interview | 4
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Matt and Alice talk to Martin Brunt, crime correspondent for Sky News. He was the first reporter to reach Hatton Garden after the break in and charted the developing story. He talks about what it was like to report on this case at the time, why it captured the public imagination, and his surprising correspondence with ringleader, Danny Jones.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Prime Members, you can listen to British Scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:19.0 | From Wondry, I'm Alice Levine. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Matt Ford. |
| 0:23.0 | And this is British Scandal. |
| 0:33.0 | And I should say Matt, I sound like this because I've lost my voice and you sound like that why. |
| 0:38.0 | I had a wisdom tooth out almost a week ago and it told me I'd be fine within two or three days and it was a lie. |
| 0:44.0 | Can I just say this audio quality from our mouths, this is a British Scandal. This is outrageous. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm so sorry everyone. |
| 0:51.0 | Some people will love it for some ASMR fans. This will be a thrill. |
| 0:54.0 | I think they're like yours. I don't think they're like mine. |
| 0:57.0 | He's actually just sucking a humbug. It's nothing to do with his teeth. |
| 1:00.0 | So Matt, this is it for Diamond Geezers. We've loved this story. Completely unbelievable from start to finish. |
| 1:07.0 | What did you make of it all? I mean, the twists and turns had us on Tenta Hooks. |
| 1:12.0 | I love the adrenaline of it all. I love a good robbery story. But also, the mistakes they made, |
| 1:18.0 | a lot of them due to their age were so funny. I mean, the guy who keeps ordering fishing chips and nodding off will live with me forever. |
| 1:26.0 | Our spirit animal. |
| 1:27.0 | But also just the basics. Why did they drive their own car to the crime scene? |
| 1:32.0 | Why did they have a proper plan to get rid of all the loot afterwards? |
| 1:35.0 | They did. That wheelie bin. |
| 1:36.0 | Totally fine. This story is genuinely so hard not to get sucked into. The public certainly did. |
| 1:42.0 | But what was it like to report on this story as it broke? |
| 1:45.0 | Well, our guest today knows all too well. Martin Brunt is an author and Skye's crime correspondent. |
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