Crime
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Apr- 2017 -24 April
GIA creates fake diamond detector
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has launched a device that can detect synthetic diamonds – even those already mounted in jewellery. Until now, the majority of detectors could only determine the authenticity of loose stones. The device created by the GIA will use advanced spectroscopic technology, which can pinpoint…
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11 April
Thief jailed after threatening retail staff with pitch fork
A thief who threatened staff and stole from two Essex stores, including a jewellery retailer, has been jailed. Connor Sexton targeted two shops in Halstead in March within three days. On 7 March he asked to view a ring in John Winter Drake Jeweller, but when the owner brought out a tray…
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5 April
£30,000 of jewellery stolen from Newbury pawnbrokers
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a pawnbrokers in Newbury. Approximately £30,000 of jewellery was taken from the Gold Buying Shop, alongside cash and bankcards. Thames Valley Police said offenders forced open the back door of the shop. Numerous boxed jewellery items including diamond rings, men’s signet rings,…
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Mar- 2017 -24 March
Gold rings worth £10,000 stolen from Dorset jewellers
Police have released CCTV footage after 50 gold rings were stolen from a jewellers in Poole, Dorset. The incident, which happened around 2.10pm on Saturday 18 February at Mortons Jewellers on the town’s high street, saw the theft of 50 rings that are believed to be worth around £10,000. A…
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21 March
Crime gang jailed over £3m jewellery raids
Members of a Romanian crime gang have been jailed for a series of burglaries on jewellers, in which some £3.1m worth of jewellery was stolen. The six men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers across nine different counties in the…
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Feb- 2017 -17 February
Hatton Garden raider admits previous £1m jewellery heist
One of the ringleaders in the notorious Hatton Garden heist has admitted a raid at a high-end London jewellers five years earlier. Daniel Jones, 59, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for his part in the Easter bank holiday weekend raid in April 2015, which saw a gang ransack…
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14 February
VIDEO: Three jailed after armed raid on Leicester jewellers
Three men from Birmingham have been jailed for a total of 21 years after an armed raid on a jewellery store in Leicester. The men entered G Naran Jewellers on Belgrave Road on the afternoon of Saturday 14 November 2015, where they stole a “large quantity” of Asian gold jewellery.…
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Jan- 2017 -18 January
CCTV released after £50,000 London jewellery store raid
Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to talk to in regards to a £50,000 robbery at a jewellers in Barking, London. The CCTV images were taken on 17 December 2016, ten days prior to the actual robbery on 27 December when police were called at around…
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11 January
Staff threatened with handgun in jewellery store raid
Members of staff have been threatened with a handgun during a raid at a luxury watch store in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Police were called yesterday (Tuesday, 10 January) at around 5:30pm to Luxe Watches on Queens Road after a member of staff was threatened by two men and was forced…
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Dec- 2016 -7 December
Raid at Edinburgh jewellers after thieves smash through neighbouring barbers
Jewellery has been stolen from an Edinburgh jewellers after a gang of raiders smashed their way through the wall of a neighbouring barbers to gain entry. Thousands of pounds worth of 18-carat diamond pendants and bracelets were stolen from Theodore David Jewellers in Inverleith, Edinburgh, on Sunday 4 December after…
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