Robbery
Jewellery robbery—whether in-store thefts, courier hijackings, or supply-chain breaches—poses critical operational and reputational risks across the UK trade. These incidents affect retailers, couriers, insurers, and manufacturers through loss exposure, insurance liabilities, security costs, and customer confidence. Jewellery Focus delivers rigorous coverage of robbery-related developments: incident reporting, risk and liability trends, security innovations, insurance market updates, and best-practice strategies for prevention and response. Our trade-informed analysis supports jewellers, logistics partners, insurers, and policymakers with actionable insights to strengthen security protocols, minimise loss, and maintain trust in high-value jewellery commerce.
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Feb- 2018 -19 FebruaryCrime
Thieves attempt ram-raid robbery on Rolex store in Leeds
Would-be thieves attempted to rob a Rolex in Leeds city centre by ramming a car into the shop window, but were left empty-handed. West Yorkshire Police are now appealing for information the incident at the Rolex at Prestons store in Commercial Street. The offenders, who were wearing balaclavas, arrived at…
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5 FebruaryCrime
Hatton Garden jewellery thief dies in jail
Terry Perkins, one of the gang members involved with the Hatton Garden jewellery raid, has died in prison aged 69. He was one of the four ringleaders behind the notorious robbery and his death comes just one week after the gang was ordered to pay a total fine of £27.5m…
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5 FebruaryCrime
Fourth man charged in Leicester jeweller murder inquiry
A fourth man has been charged in connection with the death and alleged kidnap of a jeweller from Leicester. The jeweller who was named as Ramniklal Jogiya, 74, was found dead in Gaulby Lane, Stoughton on January 25 after he had gone missing as he walked home from work. Javon…
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Jan- 2018 -11 JanuaryCrime
Jewellery worth €4.5m stolen during armed heist at Ritz Paris hotel
Armed robbers made off with an estimated €4.5m (£4m) worth of jewellery in a smash-and-grab heist at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. According to The Guardian five masked men entered the hotel armed with knives and hatchets at 6:30pm on 10 January 2018, using axes to smash several display cabinets…
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Dec- 2017 -13 DecemberCrime
Gang jailed after £250k hammer raid in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
Five members of a gang who attacked a jewellery shop worker with a hammer and made off with £250,000 worth of property have been handed jail sentences. CCTV footage released by West Midlands Police captured the incident which took place at SP Green in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter on January 6…
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4 DecemberCrime
VIDEO: Smash-and-grab on Fleet Street watch boutique by knife-wielding gang
A gang of thieves wielding machetes and a sword smashed their way into a Fleet Street watch boutique this morning, taking an unknown quantity of watches from the store. The gang stormed the Chronext shop – a short distance from the Royal Courts of Justice – on scooters during business…
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Oct- 2017 -10 OctoberCrime
Attempted Watchfinder robbery foiled by builders’ citizen’s arrest
Builders are thought to have performed a citizen’s arrest on one member of a group of thieves who attempted to break into Watchfinder & Co’s Avery Row store in central London today. Unconfirmed reports from social media suggested that a group of as many as 20 builders noticed the attempted…
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Aug- 2017 -17 AugustCrime
Boodles Knightsbridge raided by armed moped gang
A moped gang has been caught on CCTV raiding Boodles jewellery store in Knightsbridge at around 10.40am yesterday (16 August). The gang of six, who were said to be armed with sledgehammers and a machete, smashed one of the display windows at the jewellery store before fleeing the scene on…
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2 AugustCrime
Man in court over Mappin and Webb robbery at Gleneagles Hotel
A 41-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with an armed robbery at the Mappin & Webb store in Gleneagles Hotel. Richard Fleming, from London, faced seven charges during an appearance at Perth Sheriff Court. He is accused of assault and robbery, assault, two charges of theft by housebreaking,…
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Jun- 2017 -28 JuneCrime
Hatton Garden watch dealer jailed for selling over 100 stolen watches
CLARIFICATION: When this article was first published, the featured image showed the premises of 88-90 Hatton Garden, which may have given the impression that businesses occupying this building were involved in the story. We would like to clarify that no business visible in the original image was involved in the…
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