The two, who celebrated the Millennium sailing round New York harbour on a skippered yacht, are suspected of taking a leading role in earlier robberies such as a £3m theft in Barking, east London, an £11m post office robbery in Hastings and another raid at Redhill, Surrey that netted around £2m.Ĭockram has previous convictions for petty crime and gave his occupation as a plumber. William Cockram Betson's henchman who grew up with his boss on the same street off the Walworth Road, south-east London. Police believe he is a successful top-league criminal who had managed not to get caught. He claimed he made his money from smuggling tobacco and drink into Britain. Betson has served two 18-month jail sentences in the past and had 18 convictions, mainly for theft and vehicle offences. "He is a very dangerous man with connections," he said. Jon Shatford, the detective in charge of the dome case, described Betson as the most assured criminal he had ever met.
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