Leatherslade

Police began a massive hunt for the robbers, whose hideout, a remote unoccupied farmhouse at Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, was found five days later.

A sack full of banknotes (left) that was recovered when the robbers' hideaway was found at Leatherslade Farm.

In fact, the Leatherslade Farm hide-out was a huge mistake on the part of the gang.