Thieves (freepik photo)
A court in London has convicted an international gang of thieves who used to raid luxury homes of celebrities in the city. The gang looted valuable items valued at £ 26million. Among the houses looted were the home of former footballer Frank Lampard and model Tamara Eccleston, according to a BBC report.
The three thieves pleaded guilty in court to breaking into the estate of model Eccleston and were convicted of raiding the home of Lampard in west London and the owners of the late Leicester City, Yishai Srivada Nafarba. The burglars were convicted of conspiracy to break in and money laundering and were jailed for 9 years.
“The gang planned and carried out the burglaries with the highest loot ever in the UK, the burglaries included careful research and patrol, the victims were targeted by the gang because of their wealth and public profile. The burglars were a significant physical threat to anyone who disturbed them, “prosecutor Timothy Cray claimed.
A total of £ 60,000 worth of items from a former footballer including gold items and luxury watches have been looted. Lampard’s wife said they had difficulty sleeping in the weeks following the break-in and said, ‘ I visit and feel insecure in my home. “
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In December the robbers broke into the Knightsbridge property, which belongs to the owner of the Leicester football team, while the property was broken into, the gang opened a bottle of champagne worth £ 500 and stole, among other things, 7 Patek Phillip watches, a Tag Heuer smartwatch and several hundred thousand euros in cash.
In another case, the gang broke into the glorious home of Formula 1 heiress Eccleston and her husband, within about an hour, the burglars came out with 400 expensive jewelery and large sums of money even though two security guards were present at the scene on the eve of the break-in. They were arrested in Italy a few days later after a shopping spree in the stolen property, and extradited to the UK.
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