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We British are brought up to believe that our country is the freest in the world. It is supposedly the home of liberty — in contrast to more repressive nations on the other side of the Channel. In France, Italy and Spain, the police tend to be overzealous — and are widely distrusted. The State … Read more
An accused burglar has appeared in court today charged with involvement in the £50million Tamara Eccleston jewellery raid after being flown from Italy. Alessandro Maltese, 44, was detained this month under a European Arrest Warrant following an investigation by the Met’s Flying Squad. He was returned to Heathrow yesterday, and is accused of involvement in … Read more
An accused burglar has appeared in court today charged with involvement in the £50million Tamara Eccleston jewellery raid after being flown from Italy. Alessandro Maltese, 44, was detained this month under a European Arrest Warrant following an investigation by the Met’s Flying Squad. He was returned to Heathrow yesterday, and is accused of involvement in … Read more
Burglary suspect, 44, in £50m Tamara Ecclestone jewellery raid is flown into UK from Italy to appear in court Alessandro Maltese, 44, was detained in Italy under a European Arrest Warrant He was returned to Heathrow and will today appear in court charged with conspiracy to commit burglary between November 30 last year and February 1 … Read more
Police have allegedly told residents in Ellen DeGeneres’ Montecito neighborhood that the recent burglary at the TV host’s property was an ‘inside job’. On July 4 Ellen and wife Portia de Rossi’s $27 million mansion was burglarized, with authorities saying at the time that the couple’s home was targeted due to their ‘celebrity status’. And … Read more
This is the moment a member of a ‘sophisticated’ burglary gang from Liverpool who targeted celebrities including England football star Raheem Sterling attempts to break into a house as part of a £600,000 burglary spree. CCTV shows one of the trio using a metal ladder to climb onto the roof of a property in Lymm, … Read more
A gang of burglars targeted the homes of wealthy stars including footballer Raheem Sterling and Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay and stole more than half a million pounds worth of luxury items, a court has heard. Thomas Mee, 42, Vincent Ball, 52 and John Barlow, 58, all from Liverpool, attempted to burgle the Manchester City footballer’s £3million … Read more
Burglary suspect denies role in Tamara Ecclestone house raid that saw £300,000 diamond earrings, jewellery and watches stolen in £50million haul Emil-Bogdan Savastru, 29, was allegedly found by police in possession of a Louis Vuitton bag similar to one taken in the raid and was planning to fly to Japan He denied a conspiracy to … Read more
Around 300 Chilean burglars have been flown to the UK by criminal gangs to target the homes of the rich and famous over the past three years. The scale of ‘burglary tourism’ from South America emerged as two thieves were jailed for stealing £170,000 of shotguns, computers, jewellery and watches in 12 days. The pair … Read more
Two men who stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and watches from homes in affluent areas of Cheshire in a ‘tourism burglary’ spree have been jailed. Jorge Pinto Vallejos, 27, and Jamie Duarte Vera, 40, both from Chile, were jailed for four years and eight months and four years and four months, respectively, for … Read more