Brinks Mat Gold Robbery

Until now little has been known about the dogged methods police used to infiltrate the criminal underworld behind the 1983 robbery.

Brinks mat gold robbery. The robbery of 26m of gold bars from a warehouse near heathrow airport is one of britain s most notorious and biggest heists. Mcavoy is reputed to have named two pet rottweilers brinks and mat. A dramatized speculation of what happened in november 1983 when micky mcavoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discovered they d stumbled across a large stash of gold. But there were still many villains at large and an extraordinary amount of gold and in the coming years death and betrayal were linked to the infamous robbery.

The brink s mat robbery occurred at the heathrow international trading estate london on 26 november 1983. When veterans of london s criminal underworld meet they grimly refer to the brink s mat millions as fool s gold. At 6 30 am on 26 november 1983 a south london gang of six armed robbers headed by brian robinson and mickey mcavoy broke into the brinks mat warehouse at heathrow airport expecting to make off with about 3 million in cash. But getting the gold away without getting caught is only the beginning of their troubles.

More than 20 people whose lives were touched by the bullion have met an untimely.