The Baker Street Robbery 1971

Around 11pm on Saturday the 11th September 1971 Robert Rowland’s was at home in his Wimple Street flat in London.  Robert was an amateur radio enthusiast and was scanning the air waves for other enthusiasts to pass his Saturday night with.  He suddenly picked up conversations from nearby walkie talkies.  What he heard and then recorded put him at the centre of the investigation of one of the UK most audacious burglaries.  The gang - later dubbed the Millionaire Moles- were stealing from the safety deposit boxes of the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank.  How had they managed to access the vault? The plan was lifted straight out of “The red-handed League” a short story starring Sherlock Holmes, only in real life the police were too slow and the gang got away - with approximately £4 million worth of money and property.