At society jeweller Boodles, diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Or as its managing director Michael Wainwright once told a TV documentary: ‘A lot of girls like diamonds and some girls absolutely adore them and those are the girls we are after!’ One such girl arrived at the 200-year-old firm’s Bond Street headquarters at 11.09am … Read more
A reputed mobster whose legendary airport robbery was recounted in the movie ‘Goodfellas’ has been released over fears he could contract coronavirus while serving his eight-year prison sentence. Vinny Asaro, 85, was jailed in 2017 on arson charges following a 2012 road-rage incident. But on Friday, he was granted compassionate release from prison over concerns … Read more
Two Romanian burglars who drilled through the walls of a Fleet Street jewellers as part of a £300,000 heist have been jailed for a total of 12 years. Florin-Cristin Neagu, 46, and Sorin Munteanu, 44, carried out the ‘daring’ raid at George Attenborough & Son in central London on March 23 and 24 last year. … Read more