Crime
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May- 2020 -5 May
£100,000 of rings stolen from Beaverbrooks store
Police in Midlothian, Scotland are appealing for information following the theft of over 100 wedding rings worth over £100,000 from a Beaverbrooks store in Loanhead. The incident happened around 11.10pm on Friday, 1 May, 2020, at the jewellery store located within Straiton retail park. The suspect allegedly forced the metal…
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Feb- 2020 -10 February
Whitstable jewellers raided by thieves
Jewellery worth thousands of pounds has been stolen from a jewellers in Whitstable, Kent. According to Kent Police, Reppin and Jones was targeted by thieves between 3:30am and 4:00am on Sunday morning. “Considerable” damage was caused to the building, and a series of rings were stolen in the raid. In…
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Jan- 2020 -2 January
Thief swallows earrings in jewellery store raid
A thief has reportedly swallowed two pairs of white gold earrings during a raid on a Hull jewellers. The raid, which occurred on Monday 23 December, saw the suspect take off with over £13,000 worth of jewellery. The suspect allegedly left the store with a yellow 18 carat gold diamond…
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Dec- 2019 -17 December
Missoma victim of data breach
Missoma has been the victim of a cyber security heist, confirmed the jewellers in a statement released today. Affected customers of the brand have all been informed of the data breach via email. Whilst the company says that the issue is now resolved, personal customer details such as name, address,…
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10 December
Cheshire jewellers raided in burglary
Crewe detectives are appealing for any witnesses or dashcam footage after a burglary at an Alsager jewellers. The raid occurred Sunday night at around 5:40pm, when unknown assailants broke into Alexandra’s Jewellers on Crewe Road. The store was then raided, and a large quantity of jewellery was taken from the…
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Nov- 2019 -4 November
Armed police deployed in Dorset jewellery raid
Police were called to Swanage High Street on Saturday night, following reports of a burglary at local jewellery store Georgian Gems. Police said the raid involved a “number of men” armed with sledgehammers and crowbars. Whilst no injuries were reported, a safe was stolen by the armed group, who fled…
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1 November
Gang who robbed Bournemouth jewellers using a samurai sword convicted
Members of a gang who conspired to carry out an armed robbery on the Franses and Sons jewellery store on Westover Road in Bournemouth have been found guilty. Jonathan Oribe, 27 and of no fixed address, Rowan McLaughin, 31 and of Tregonwell Close in Bournemouth, and Sophie Rivers, 29 and…
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Oct- 2019 -24 October
Police launch appeal after burglary at Randalstown jewellery store
Police have appealed for information following the burglary of a large amount of jewellery in a store in Randalstown, Northern Ireland. Sometime between 3.00am and 6.30am the premises was entered and a large quantity of jewellery stolen on Main Street on Wednesday. Some of the items stolen included approximately rolled…
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Sep- 2019 -19 September
18ct golden toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace
An 18ct golden toilet has been stolen from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Thames Valley Police is investigating the burglary of the ‘piece of art’ and originally received a report of the robbery at the palace at 4.57am on 14 September 2019. A 66-year-old man was arrested in connection with…
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Aug- 2019 -2 August
Hatton Garden heist ringleader sent back to prison
One of the ringleaders of the Hatton Garden jewellery heist, John Collins, has been jailed for three years after failing to pay back millions of pounds that were stolen during the robbery. Collins was originally ordered to pay £7.3m, but Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he had “neglected to co-operate”, according…
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