Baker Street When most people hear the name Baker Street, they automatically connect this address with the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. But, on Saturday, 11th September 1971 something else happened in Baker Street; robbers broke into a bank there and stole half million pounds from safety deposit boxes, which was a considerable amount of money back then. Just three days later the press were ordered to drop the story, even though no one had been arrested for the robbery, but fresh allegations were now starting to rise. A new theory was being bandied about, not just about a gang of bank robbers, or incompetent police officers, but about a member of the Royal Family. It was alleged that the police were very interested in the activities of a certain Michael X, who was a well-known Trinidadian activist and gangster operating here in Britain. Through underworld contacts, they found out that Michael X was holding compromising photos of Princess Margaret, which are said to have been taken on the Caribbean island of Mustique. They wanted to prosecute Michael X for a number of crimes, one of which was murder, but while he had the photos he was untouchable. It is further alleged that the robbery was masterminded by MI5, who offered it out to a gang of well known villains, who were told they could keep all the valuables and money as long as they turned the photos over to the contact in MI5, who could then use them to neutralise Michael Xs threat. Shortly after the bank raid Michael X was tried in his native Trinidad for the murder of Joseph Skerritt, a member of his Black Liberation Army. Michael X was hanged in 1975. Read the full story for free here - londonsstreets.blogspot.co.uk/ Or click on the link below to purchase the book on Kindle and read many - many more equally amazing stories about Londons streets.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:54:41 +0000
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