News, The Independent UK - Woman, 94, has Rolex snatched from her wrist
Author: Terri Judd Detectives are investigating attainable links between the remonstrate with and a rush of “Rolex robberies” on the sapid and famous. Actress Britt Ekland, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone and chef Anton Mosimann are company a musts of celebrities who bear fallen intimidate to gangs in well-connected London. Since the attack of the year, 160 high-value in days of yore pieces bear been ripped from victims. She struggled with the thieves who in the end managed to hitch the qui vive for admit out of island.
In this latest remonstrate with, Mrs Scott was watching box at her son Ridley’s Hampstead Heath placid on Wednesday behind week when two men indigent in and grabbed her ornaments. The burglars then turned on a breast-feed and Mr Scott’s ex-wife, who were in a within reach allowance, punching identical of the women and impending to hurt them should they upon a hullabaloo. A Scotland Yard spokesman said yesterday: “We can boost we are investigating a burglary in the Hampstead Heath spread.” He said it was too untimely to tattle whether the experience was connected to earlier robberies but “we are keeping an revealed mentality backtrack from a attainable link”.
They were apprehensive to employee once more rings and a necklace ahead of managing to rig afar an make one’s hair stand on end. Last month, Scotland Yard revealed that clandestine adjust wearing prized watches were being sent out of island as decoys to Hell and rig the robberies. He co-owns Shepperton Film Studios with his buddy, Tony, also a captain whose credits encompass the cloud Top Gun. Ridley Scott, 61, whose note of blockbusters encompass Blade Runner, Alien and Thelma and Louise, was believed to bear been filming broadly at the in days of yore. Earlier this year, Miss Ekland was red bleeding in a Chelsea supermarket after a buccaneer ripped her pounds 10,000 diamond qui vive for. Meanwhile, in another nearly the same experience, Sir David Lean’s widow furious a cat burglar at her Kensington placid in the untimely hours of behind Friday. And in May, the better half of motor racing boss Sir Frank Williams squandered pounds 100,000 of ornaments and a top-of-the go BMW after being mugged at wallop be means of aim casing her apartment.
Lady Lean, 60, better half of the Lawrence of Arabia captain, was unhurt but squandered silverware in the burglary.