Launching her book ‘Goldfinger and me,’ in 2018 John Palmer’s widow Marnie Palmer described her lavish lifestyle in the 1980s - paid for by Brinks-Mat gold. She describes Palmer putting a gun to her head and how she feels towards the thousands conned by Palmer in a timeshare scandal.

John and Marnie Palmer are both characters in the BBC drama ‘The Gold,’ which is a heavily fictionalised account based on a true story.