A CRIMINAL compared to a member of the gang in the ultra-violent film Reservoir Dogs wrote a book describing the horrific methods he used on rich burglary victims.
Robert Talbot, 29, of Farnborough, Bromley, was part of a five-strong gang jailed last week for stealing around £1 million worth of luxury goods and cars from wealthy homes.
Talbot and his brother Adam, 19, from Chislehurst, stole another £1m worth of property in separate burglaries.
When police searched Robert Talbot's home they found a document called Largin' It, in which he explained how he had always been taught to target "the wealthy and multi-millionaires".
He justified his choice of victim by saying they were "heavily insured", Kingston Crown Court heard.
Police said Talbot and his gang broke into properties by removing panes of glass from windows or doors. They would forcibly shake their victims awake, before tying them up, gagging them and threatening them with violence.
They began to cut off the ear of one of their victims, businessman Damian Bischoff, until he gave them the code to a safe - apparently copying a scene from Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs. One woman was threatened with sexual assault.
In Talbot's Largin' It book, he said he couldn't stand criminals such as muggers who went for poor and vulnerable victims.
He wrote about enjoying the adrenaline rush of his crime and boasted about out-smarting "Mr Plod".
The gang were responsible for six raids in Bromley between July 2005 and January 2006, the court heard.
Denny Cummings, 29, of Vartry Road, north London, Vincent Bellamy, 30, of Old Ford Road, east London, Daniel London, 43, of Welling, Robert Talbot, of Farnborough, and Adam Talbot, of Chislehurst, were all charged with conspiracy to rob six houses. The Talbot brothers pleaded guilty to a further charge relating to other domestic burglaries.
They were sentenced on Tuesday. Robert Talbot was jailed for ten years and six months, while his brother Adam got seven years in prison. Cummings was given a 15-year jail sentence, Bellamy got eight years and London was sentenced to six years.
POSTED: 13/03/2007 17:33:07
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