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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Sep- 2015 -24 SeptemberCrime
Stockport jewellery store staff threatened by armed raiders
A jewellery store in Stockport, Manchester, has been hit by armed raiders who are believed to have stolen money and jewellery from the shop before driving off. The incident occurred at around 4.40pm on Tuesday September 22 2015, when police were called to reports of an armed robbery at a…
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4 SeptemberCrime
Hatton Garden heist suspects due to plead in court
Thirteen people arrested in connection with the £10m Hatton Garden jewellery raid are due to appear in court today to enter pleas. Nine of the suspects – Terry Perkins, 67, John Collins, 74, Daniel Jones, 58, Hugh Doyle, 48, William Lincoln, 59, Brian Reader, 76, Paul Reader, 50, Carl Wood,…
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1 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
Hatton Garden Safe Deposit enters liquidation
The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, which was hit by a £10m jewellery heist earlier this year, has gone into liquidation. The firm, which is owned by Sudanese father and son Mahendra and Manish Bavishi, appointed accountancy firm SPW after it became insolvent. Speaking to Jewellery Focus, Stella Davis of…
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Aug- 2015 -28 AugustCrime
Four appear in court over Hatton Garden jewellery heist
Four people appeared in court yesterday (Thursday) in connection with the Hatton Garden jewellery raid, in which an estimated £10m worth of jewellery was stolen. Brenn Walters, also known as Ben Perkins, 43, Laura Perkins, 40, Terri Robinson, 35, and Steven Robinson, 46, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with…
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24 AugustCrime
Masked robber jailed for attempted jewellery raid
An 18-year-old has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months at a youth offenders institution for an attempted armed robbery in Barnstaple. Benjamin Barton pleaded guilty at Exeter Crown Court to the attempted armed robbery and possession and an imitation firearm at Coopers Jewellery in Barnstaple Thursday, May 28.…
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12 AugustCrime
Thieves flee empty-handed from attempted robbery
A group of would-be thieves smashed their way into a jewellery store in Wales last week, but ended up leaving empty-handed. South Wales Police are now appealing for information following the attempted robbery at Jane Allen Jewellers on the high street of Merthyr Tydfil. Police said that a blue Isuzu…
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10 AugustCrime
Norwich jewellery store raid: Six people charged with robbery
Six males have been charged with robbery following a raid on a jewellery store in Norwich city centre on Wednesday last week. The robbery took place at the Winsor Bishop jewellery store on London Street shortly after 10:50am. The incident was caught on camera by passers-by, some of whom tried…
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7 AugustCurrent Affairs
Winsor Bishop thanks ‘heroes’ following store raid
Winsor Bishop has thanked members of the public for their help following an attempted robbery on the store on Wednesday morning. The Norwich-based jewellery store said it would like to thank all of the “heroes” on London Street who helped during and after the raid on Wednesday morning, when six…
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6 AugustCrime
VIDEO: Pedestrians chase off Norwich jewellery store robbers
Six people have been arrested following a raid on a jewellery store in Norwich yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 5). The robbery, which took place at the Winsor Bishop jewellery store on London Street shortly after 10:50am, was caught on camera by passers-by, some of whom tried to tackle the robbers…
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6 AugustCrime
Hatton Garden jewellery raid: two more people charged
Two more people have been charged in connection with the Hatton Garden heist, which saw jewellery worth up to £10m stolen from a safety deposit box over the Easter weekend. Brenn Walters and Terry Robinson, who are both from Enfield, have been charged under Section 327 of the Proceeds of…
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