Meet the Garden Gang

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Mr Wood, played by Geoff Bell in the TV drama, was found guilty both of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property.

The alarm specialist known as “Basil”, portrayed by Brian F O’Byrne, was the final member of the gang to face justice after evading police for three years. Jayne was only nine years old when she began writing the Garden Gang stories, and while she was prolific for that short period of time, it does not seem like she pursued her writing career much further. There are countless blog and forum posts across the internet expressing fondness for the series and wondering “what ever happened to Jayne Fisher?” But who were the men who broke into the central London treasure trove, and what became of them? Brian Reader Our January indoor meeting was spent in the company of Douglas whose illustrated talk took us through the history of gardens in Scotland from the earliest evidence, through to about 1800. He began by making the point that gardens are fashionable constructions and that they change. But just as some people continue to wear the clothes that they had been comfortable in the young days, so some gardens were so liked by their owners that they didn’t update them. Timothy Spall plays “Terry” Perkins, the fourth member of the Hatton Garden gang jailed for conspiracy to commit burglary.Like Mr Wood he was convicted of both conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property, receiving a seven-year jail sentence. Hugh Doyle, 52

Hugh Doyle, who also doesn’t appear in the TV drama , was convicted of conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property, receiving a 21-month suspended sentence. Michael ‘Basil’ Seed, 59Kenny” was the second of the trio sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to commit burglary in the Hatton Garden heist.

First is news about two Easter TV programmes that you could tune into. On Friday, which is of course Good Friday, at 1.40pm on BBC 1 you can watch 'Alexander Armstrong's Heavenly Gardens'. This is the first of two programmes over which Armstrong will visit six gardens of reflection and contemplation. The first three can be seen in this show - Sudeley Castle, Pluscarden Abbey and Cambridge University. And on Easter Sunday the second programme will air at 1.50pm and will feature, among others, the garden of the Bishop's Palace at Wells in Somerset. The Garden Gang was established in October 2019, originally under the somewhat longer name of The Garden Appreciation Group. However, on asking the members for a snappier title several were submitted, and in a vote ‘The Garden Gang’ proved to be the favourite. On Wednesday, 11th December the Garden Gang gathered in the upstairs room at Fairfull’s Café for our second ‘proper’ meeting.The oldest member of the group aged 77 at the time of his sentencing, Brian Reader has become the face of the Hatton Garden heist, played by Sir Michael Caine and Larry Lamb in films based on the crime. He was eventually arrested at his home in Islington in 2018, and in March this year was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to convert or transfer criminal property, receiving a 10-year prison sentence. Michael ‘Basil’ Seed was the final member of the Hatton Garden gang to be jailed (Metropolitan Police/PA Wire) When is Hatton Garden on ITV?