iPad was underwater for five years before it helped solve an attempted murder

In what that sounds like the plot of a thriller, an iPad thrown into London’s River Thames spent more than five years underwater before it was found and provided key evidence to convict three men of attempted murder – all the more so given that the man shot was a key figure in one of the world’s biggest ever armed robberies … One of the world’s biggest ever armed robberies Paul Allen was one of eight men convicted of taking part in an armed robbery of a cash depot back in 2006. The security depot was used by the Bank of England as a cash distribution center for new bank notes, and to store older currency before it was destroyed. The robbers stole £53M ($68M), but their haul would have been even bigger if they’d used a bigger truck. The gang were forced to leave behind a further £154M ($199M) because it wouldn’t fit into the truck they drove into the depot. Allen was sentenced to 18 years, but was released in 2016 after serving less than half of this time. A museum heist and an att ... Read full article.