The Jewel Thieves
by Daniel Guy 1. Three in the morning and two young men arrive at the gate to Lincoln Mansions, a remote victorian country house, surrounded by a high stone wall. One parks the motorbike behind a bush, a few meters away from the main gate, while the other checks the wire cutters, torch and small crow bar are in the rucksack. They walk around the perimeter fence till they get to a section which has been replaced by a high wire fence. A hole is cut and they slip though. They make their way across the lawns to the house. There’s a bit of moonlight to guide them. They reach a basement window at the back of the house and crouch down beside it. One holds the torch while the other tries to force the window to open as silently as he can. They hear a sound. They turn and see two men standing behind them. One points a gun. ‘You bastards vill never learn.’ The gun is raised and two shots are fired. The two men collapse lifeless on the ground. 2. Frank Richards is a retired police...