Crime
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Feb- 2015 -18 February
Jewellery store owner chases off axe-wielding raiders with baseball bat
CCTV footage has captured the moment a jewellery store owner chased away two axe-wielding raiders after a smash-and-grab moped raid. The raid, which took place at the family-owned L.Guess jewellers in Whitton High Street, Twickenham at 10:45 on Monday, saw the raiders smash counter displays with an axe before making…
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13 February
Thieves slip on jewellery store floor during raid
CCTV has captured a gang of thieves falling over on a polished floor after ram-raiding a jewellers with a stolen Mercedes. Security cameras at Gem Jewellers in Station Street East, Coventry, show the silver car – which was stolen and had false number plates – smash through the glass shop…
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9 February
Staff threatened at gunpoint in Halifax jewellery store raid
Police are appealing for witnesses after staff at Lister Horsfall Jewellers, Halifax, were threatened at gunpoint before gunmen made off with a quantity of watches. The raid, which police have described as “extremely frightening”, happened shortly before 5pm on Thursday, February 5, and involved three men who entered the store…
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3 February
Links of London targeted twice by raiders in just three days
North Yorkshire Police are hunting for two raiders after the Links of London store in Stonegate, York was targeted twice by the same offenders in just three days. The first raid took place at 3:18am on Thursday January 29, when two offenders entered the shop using a metal drain…
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Jan- 2015 -29 January
Armed robbery at Doncaster town centre jewellers
A jewellers in Doncaster town centre has been targeted by robbers who are believed to have threatened staff with weapons. The incident took place at around 11:25am at HL Browns jewellery store in St Sepulchre Gate on January 28, following reports that three masked men had entered the premises. It…
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27 January
CCTV images capture raid on jewellers by armed gang
CCTV images have caught the moment a gang of armed raiders smashed their way into a Rochdale jewellery store and stole several items. The robbery took place at Naz Jewellers on Milkstone Road in Rochdale at around 12:30pm on Thursday January 22. According to Greater Manchester Police, the gang pulled…
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21 January
Getaway car bursts into flames after jewellery store robbery
A getaway car burst into flames and was abandoned moments after a raid on a jewellers in Athenaeum Street, Sunderland. During the robbery, which happened just before 10am on Tuesday January 20, an unknown quantity of cash and jewellery was taken, with one member of staff suffering minor injuries. It…
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20 January
Shop thefts top £600m in 2014
The value of thefts affecting British retailers has reached its highest level in a decade, despite the overall volume of incidents falling, according to this year’s BRC Retail Crime Survey, released today. There were an estimated three million offences against UK retailers in 2013 to 2014, a decline of 4%,…
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8 January
Telephone fraudsters use jewellery shops to scam elderly
Criminals have been using an elaborate telephone scam to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public, using a jewellery shop ‘ploy’. In December, a victim was persuaded to purchase a Rolex watch from a jeweller in the Torbay area. The victim then entered the jewellers in person and was…
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Dec- 2014 -23 December
£1m of items stolen from Christie’s London HQ
Antiques and jewellery believed to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been stolen from Christie’s, one of the world’s top auctions houses. According to the Daily Mail, valuable works of art, including rare pieces by Fabergé – the court jewellers of Imperial Russia – were taken from Christie’s…
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