Jewel heist gang leader dropped out after 1st try failed

If at first you don't succeed, give up. That's what a British prosecutor says appears to have happened with one of the leaders of the jewel heist gang accused of stealing about 14 million pounds (USD 21 million) worth of goods from safe-deposit boxes over Easter weekend this year.
Prosecutor Philip Evans said today that 76-year-old Brian Reader didn't return after the gang failed in its first attempt to break into a basement vault in London's Hatton Garden diamond district.
Reader apparently got discouraged on April 2 after the gang managed to drill through the exterior wall, but hit a metal cabinet on the other side. The others returned two days later with extra equipment.

Reader and three others have pleaded guilty. Four other men are on trial in the caper.