After being arrested last week, Shi, a 53-year-old powerful property guru in China has confessed to robbing a bank 16 years ago and using the money to start up his massive empire now worth billions. Himself and 4 others, broke into the bank and stole 2.8 million yuan (£290,000).
Shi told the police that before the robbery he was not satisfied with his income as a construction worker. So he gathered a group of guys who were working as painters. Then for 3 months, they hatched a plan to rob the bank which included a well-designed escape route.
Doing so they seriously injured a man was shot in the head. The whole process which involved the suspects dressed as business men took just 5 minutes. It was a case that shocked the whole country as no one has ever been arrested since it took place in 1999.
Many of the investigators working on the case are now retired but they never gave up. From a list of 158 suspects they eventually narrowed it down to 5. A vital piece of evidence in the investigation was a hammer that was used to brake the bullet proof glass during the robbery.
The hammer’s manufacturer was tracked. This led to a market where they were sold. 24 had been bought as of the time of the robbery.
The whereabouts of 16 hammers were tracked which left 8 unaccounted for, which eventually led them to the 5 suspects.
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