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‘Heartless’ fraudster who stole from elderly hospital patients and spent more than £10,000 using a 91-year-old’s bank card is jailed for 12 years June Weatherman, 56, stole bed-ridden pensioner’s bank cards and jewellery Her crimes were revealed after a victim’s son went through his mother’s bank statements after she died and discovered the fraud Police … Read more
Self-style playboy James Stunt weeped in court today as he described how his mind was altered by his cocaine addiction at the time of an alleged theft. The ex-husband of F1 heiress Petra Ecclestone was giving evidence in the trial of his former bodyguard, who is accused of stealing a £515,000 diamond plus £50,000 cash … Read more
Parents whose daughter was jailed for three years for stealing their life savings of more than £130,000 say they have ‘forgiven’ her and insist she is a ‘different person’ after spending time in prison Melissa Fordham was jailed in November 2017 after spending parents’ savings Parents Terence and Elizabeth entrusted daughter with finances during a trip … Read more
A £500,000 diamond ring was stolen from gold dealer James Stunt’s safe after the key was left in his Rolls-Royce, a court has heard. The alleged theft in December 2017 came just months after Mr Stunt, 38, split from Petra Ecclestone in an acrimonious divorce after six years of marriage. Justinas Ivaskevicius, 34, is accused … Read more
An alleged gang of international jewellery thieves grabbed more than £25m in jewellery and cash in burglaries on the homes of Frank Lampard and Tamara Ecclestone, a court heard. The raiders also escaped with a £1m haul including 400,000 euros from the Knightsbridge home of late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after smashing one of … Read more
Fraudster ‘stole £4m diamonds by swapping them for pebbles’: Woman left jeweller’s with the gems before changing into disguise in pub toilets and fleeing the country, court hears A conwoman posed as a diamond expert to steal £4.2million worth of gems Lulu Lakatos was pretending to be a gemologist inspecting the diamonds She switched them … Read more
A luxury watch dealer has told of the terrifying moment he was attacked in his own home by masked men who stripped and beat him before stealing a £40,000 Rolex. Shocking footage shows the four balaclava-clad men barge into the family home of Pat Hallahan, 33, as he opened the front door at his family … Read more
Violent carjacker caught by police after falling over trying to jump onto back of getaway motorbike is jailed for nearly five years Corey Palmer, 21, knocked an elderly man to the ground before stealing his Audi Palmer then led police on 100mph chase through Sutton Coldfield in bid to flee After he crashed the Audi … Read more
PICTURED: The ill-gotten gains of fugitive police chief of Mexico City – including his pristine fleet of 41 classic cars, three jet skis and works of art hidden inside his huge beach mansion Mexican law enforcement agents confiscated 41 vintage cars, three jet skies, an ATV and a motorcycle from the home of Raymundo Collins … Read more
A historian who robbed the graves of 29 young girls and lived with the mummified corpses has refused to apologise to their parents. It comes as he appeals to be released from psychiatric hospital so he can go and live with his new girlfriend. Anatoly Moskvin, 53, from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, turned the dead children into … Read more