In November 2000, the most audacious crime ever attempted in Britain took place: the broad daylight theft of a diamond collection worth 350 million from the infamous Millennium Dome by a gang armed only with smoke bombs, stink bombs, a JCB, a speedboat and, bizarrely, a Catherine wheel firework. The Diamond Geezers, a motley crew of petty criminals from south-east London, were desperate for cash and had nothing to lose;...