Sgt Stone saw justice that needed to be dealt out after encountering Julia Sindall. She was the victim of domestic abuse. Her husband Paul not only beat up on her, he was a violent criminal too who was planning an armed in transit robbery.
Julia was too scared to testify against Paul, for the domestic abuse, so Stone concluded if they managed to nick him for a bigger offence, that would serve its purpose by putting him behind bars and Julia would not have to take the witness stand in court.
Sure that Paul was planning something big, CID worked with Julia so they could hear via a microphone hidden in her cigarette packet and see from a neighbour’s house opposite the meeting with other gangsters.
Following the OBBO, CO19 were deployed to assist with the arrest planned the time of the security van raid. But the van was empty: Paul’s best mate Tom had raided it earlier and taken the £300,000.
Tom had planned Julia to get the attention of the Police to set Paul up. They were lovers and planned to start a new the money. However Tom stood Julia up. He’d just used her to double-cross her husband.