Hannington sold Boisie’s antiques shops and reportedly retired from criminal life. An “About the Author” section attached to ...

Hannington details in her book how she once swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of diamonds while unsupervised from a vault at her work. And yes, we see this on The CW’s Joan ...

Joan Hannington’s life and crimes are the focus of ITV’s Joan, but some changes have been made for the six-part series and viewers might now be wondering if she ever went to prison. From the ...

The CW and ITV's mini-series Joan, which premiered on Oct. 2 and stars Sophie Turner, is based on Hannington's 2002 memoir. "I took a lot of anecdotes from the book, but I really hope — and I th ...

Joan Hannington did go to prison, but not for the crimes depicted in the ITV drama. Aged 24, she was arrested and later sentenced to 30 months in prison after she using a stolen cheque book.

Joan Hannington stole diamonds for the thrill and to raise funds to rescue her daughter from foster care - but viewers wonder if she went to prison ...

AFTER impulsively swallowing diamonds in a bid to steal them, Joan Hannington got a taste for the expensive gems. The famous jewel thief's story is now being told in new ITV drama Joan starring ...

In real life Joan was arrested and sent to jail for 30 months for using a stolen cheque book. She went to jail two weeks after her wedding to Boisie. After serving her sentence she then got a job at a ...

But morality and criminality are uneasy bedfellows, and this is one of the problems with Joan (ITV1), an 1980s-set dramatisation of Hannington’s book starring Sophie Turner in the title role.

The stars of Joan - Frank Dillane and Gershwyn Eustache Junior - have defended the real life Joan Hannington after the show sparked a big debate ...