Crime

CCTV of Hatton Garden raid released

CCTV images have been released showing a gang of robbers who executed the Hatton Garden burglary over the Easter weekend, stealing millions of pounds worth of jewellery.  The images show three men using a side door situated in Greville Street, and then making their way to and from the Hatton…

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Police launch manhunt after Hatton Garden burglary

Police in London have launched a manhunt after raiders accessed safety deposit boxes in a vault using ‘heavy cutting equipment’ over the Easter bank holiday weekend.  Officers were called to Hatton Garden on Tuesday (April 7) morning at approximately 8:10am after reports of a burglary at a safety deposit business…

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Birmingham jewellers fined over unhallmarked gold

A Birmingham jewellery firm has been ordered to pay a total of £8,288 after it was found to be selling unhallmarked gold.  Yousaf Jewellers, based in Coventry Road, Small Heath in Birmingham, was fined £500 for each offence (£6,500), ordered to pay costs of £1,738 and a £50 victim surcharge…

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Jeweller sentenced over endangered species

A jeweller from Sheffield has been sentenced after she was caught selling jewellery containing tiger claws and teeth on eBay.  Catherine Emberton, 29, of Gleadless Road, Heeley, was given a 12-month community order, ordered to carry out 120 hours’ unpaid work and to pay a £60 victim surcharge at Sheffield…

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Three arrests after rooftop raid at Beaverbrooks in Huddersfield

Three men have been arrested following a roof-top raid at a Beaverbrooks store in Huddersfield town centre.  The suspects are believed to have been caught following an operation which involved the West Yorkshire police helicopter. It is believed that police were called to the building at the corner of King…

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Jeweller fined £70k over hallmarking

A Birmingham jeweller was today sentenced to 10 weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay more than £70,000  after pleading guilty to 21 offences under the Hallmarking Act 1973 and Trade Marks Act 1994. Umran Rafiq, trading as Asian Jewellers based in Alum Rock Road, Alum Rock, was ordered to pay…

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Shoppers tackle armed robber in Leeds jewellery store raid

Members of the public tackled and detained an armed robber as he tried to flee the scene of a jewellery store raid in Leeds city centre yesterday.  The incident took place at Berrys Jewellers, in Albion Street, when three masked men entered the store at 3:20pm and threatened staff with…

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1,000s’ worth of jewellery taken in Dorking smash-and-grab

Jewellery and watches worth several thousands of pounds have been stolen in a smash-and-grab at a high street jewellers in Dorking, Surrey.  Police believe the thieves smashed through the front door of Blacks II, located on High Street, between 5:15am and 5:30am on Thursday, March 19, before smashing a number…

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Cash stolen from Bradford jewellers by armed thieves

A jewellery store in Bradford has been targeted by armed raiders who made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. A member of staff at the Cash for Gold, located on James Street, was forced to hand over a box containing cash by a masked pair at around 10am on…

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Man arrested in connection with jewellery store robbery

Police and Edinburgh have arrested and charged a 24-year old man in connection with an armed robbery on a jewellery store in Edinburgh. The robbery took place at around 9:30am on March 2, when a robber went into Laing The Jewellers on Frederick Street before threatening staff with a gun…

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