LONDON — Police in London are looking for a burglar who broke into an occupied mansion and stole greater than 10.5 million kilos ($13.2 million) value of jewellery, designer purses and money.
The homeowners of the property, recognized in British media as an Instagram influencer and her developer husband, weren’t dwelling on the time on Dec. 7. However staff have been there and a housekeeper had a close to run-in with the armed intruder, in response to surveillance footage.
“It is a brazen offense the place the suspect has entered the property whereas armed with an unknown weapon,” Det. Constable Paulo Roberts of the Metropolitan Police mentioned Monday, when the theft was introduced.
Among the many stolen gadgets have been a ten.73-carat diamond ring, diamond earrings and a clip studded with gold, diamonds and sapphires. The haul additionally included 150,000 kilos ($189,000) value of purses.
The householders have supplied a 500,000 pound ($628,000) reward for info that results in the arrest and conviction of the suspect, and an extra reward of 10% of the worth of recovered gadgets.
Police mentioned the suspect broke in by climbing via a second-floor window.
Surveillance footage obtained by the MailOnline confirmed the person strolling down a hall a minute earlier than a maid stepped off an elevator in the identical place.
The house close to Regent’s Park in one in every of London’s wealthiest areas.
