In 2000, Lee Wenham planned what would have been the world's largest jewel heist, targeting De Beers diamonds valued at more than $500 million.<br /><br />The plan involved a dramatic raid on London’s Millennium Dome, an excavator, and a speedboat for the getaway. The Met Police's Flying Squad thwarted the operation, though, and arrested Wenham and his accomplices before they could get to the diamonds.<br /><br />Wenham opens up about the meticulous planning, the gang, the surveillance, and the security around the gems.<br /><br />After leaving prison in May 2005, Wenham started a landscaping business. He was the subject of the Guy Ritchie Netflix documentary "The Diamond Heist" and wrote a memoir, "Diamond Gangster."<br /><br />For more, visit:<br />https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diamond-Gangster-inside-million-Millennium/dp/1917439016<br />https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090125140762
