Anthony Black

Brink’s-Mat security guard who provided inside access for the 1983 Heathrow warehouse robbery and was sentenced to six years for robbery.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, allegations and contextual links are kept distinct. A graph connection does not imply conduct beyond the relationship stated.

Background

Black worked as a security guard at the Brink’s-Mat warehouse near Heathrow.

Case / activity

His inside cooperation enabled the robbers to gain access to the facility in November 1983.

Legal outcome

The gang expected to find cash but instead discovered gold bullion, diamonds and other valuables, transforming the crime into one of Britain’s most consequential robberies.

Later context

Black was sentenced to six years for robbery.

Graph role

His profile is critical because it adds the insider-access node to the Brink’s-Mat graph, complementing the robbers and later laundering network.

Network links

– Brink’s-Mat robbery — inside participant; convicted – Heathrow — warehouse robbery location

Direct people links

– Micky McAvoy — fellow Brink’s-Mat participant – Brian Robinson — fellow Brink’s-Mat participant

Sources

– The Guardian. Brink’s-Mat retrospective (2013-11-25). https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/25/brinks-mat-gold-robbery-30-years

Connected records

How to read the network

Documented network

Brink’s Mat robbery (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as inside participant convicted, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Heathrow (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as warehouse robbery location, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Micky McAvoy (person) is recorded in the canonical graph as fellow brinks mat participant, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Brian Robinson (person) is recorded in the canonical graph as fellow brinks mat participant, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Brink’s Mat robbery. inside participant; convicted

Status and record

The structured birth record lists unknown. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative field should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Brink’s-Mat retrospective — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes Brink’s-Mat retrospective. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.

Research state

This depth pass expands the page from structured evidence already present in the Master. The profile should return to audit when a new source materially changes chronology, legal status, organizational role or media connections. Add the structured fact first, then update prose so narrative and knowledge graph remain synchronized.

Media remains a separate gate. A portrait should be attached only after source page, provenance and reuse status are checked. Until then, a profile can be text-complete while still carrying an explicit media-review requirement.