Brink's-Mat robbery gaps in its records. The fraud squad was called in to investigate the bank and certain customers. The so-called "Curse of Brink's-Mat" or "Curse of the Brink's-Mat millions" refers to the early deaths of many of those allegedly involved. Brink's-Mat robbery The Brink's-Mat robbery occurred at the Heathrow International Trading Estate on 26 November 1983, with a record £26 million (today approximately £ million) worth of gold bullion, diamonds, and cash stolen from a warehouse. The bullion was the property of Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd, which collapsed the following year after making large loans to frauds and insolvent firms. Two
The Man in the Brown Suit on the 22nd, Rayburn staggers into Anne's cabin having been stabbed. Anne dresses his wound but he is not grateful and leaves after an altercation with her. Colonel Race recounts the story of the theft of a hundred thousand pounds' worth of diamonds some years before, attributed to the son of a South African gold magnate, John Eardsley, and his friend Harry Lucas. The two friends had found new diamonds in South America, which they brought to South Africa for verification. John and his friend were arrested and John's father, Sir Laurence, disowned his son. The war started a week