article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile criminologist Richard Hoskins said criminologist Richard Hoskins has identified 'startling similarities' between the Hatton Garden raid and novel Black Echo, by Michael Connelly.
article_snippet.sent: The novel was based on real-life bank robbers dubbed 'The Hole In The Ground Gang' who struck three vaults in LA in 1986 and 1987, and were never caught.
article_snippet.sent: Criminologist Richard Hoskins noticed 'striking similarities' between the Hatton Garden raid and crime novel Black Echo, which itself is based on two jewel heists in LA in the 1980s .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hoskins, who also wrote murder novel
article_snippet.sent: I think that when the raiders were planning the raiders heist the raiders must have read this book, or researched the robberies in LA. '
article_snippet.sent: While the 1986 robbery is obviously terrible for the victims, I think everyone can agree that this was a very smart operation, and Black Echo sets out a very smart way to rob a vault. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Connelly told The Times: 'The Black Echo was a fictionalised account of a bank heist that occurred in LA in September 1987.
highlights_snippet.sent: Meanwhile criminologist suspects raid was inspired by plot of Novel .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Novel is based on real-life bank heists carried out the late 80s in LA .
  