John Barnes has come out in defence of the fourth official at the centre of an alleged race storm following Paris Saint Germain’s postponed Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Players accused Romanian fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of racially abusing Basaksehir’s assistant coach in the early stages of the match, which prompted both sides to … Read more
A Romanian couple used a six-year-old boy to help them steal a £67,000 watch from Harrods, a court heard. Ilie Para and Marta Para-Bloj, both 33, scoped out the luxury retailer, in Knightsbridge, central London, days ahead of the theft and took pictures of the Royal Offshore Oak 18 carat rose gold watch. The couple … Read more
A Romanian couple used a six-year-old boy to help them steal a £67,000 watch from Harrods, a court heard. Ilie Para and Marta Para-Bloj, both 33, scoped out the luxury retailer, in Knightsbridge, central London, days ahead of the theft and took pictures of the Royal Offshore Oak 18 carat rose gold watch. The couple … Read more
A gang of four female Romanian shoplifters have walked free after stealing more than £6,000 of perfume in a nationwide four-month crime spree. The Birmingham-based quartet targeted busy shopping centres across the country, discreetly swiping luxury products such as Chanel, before being foiled. All eventually pleaded guilty charges of theft and were handed community orders … Read more
A gang of four female Romanian shoplifters have walked free after stealing more than £4,000 of perfume under the orders of crime bosses. The young Birmingham-based quartet targeted busy shopping centres across the country, discreetly swiping luxury products such as Chanel, before being foiled. All eventually pleaded guilty charges of theft and were handed community … Read more
The ringleaders of a Romanian ‘Mission Impossible’ criminal network who stole £3.3million of ‘irreplaceable’ books have today been jailed for more than 23 years. Gavril Popinciuc, 45, and Cristian Ungureanu, 41, plotted raids which involved cutting holes in roofs and skylights of warehouses, abseiling down to avoid sensors that would have set off alarms. Their … Read more
Members of a Romanian ‘Mission Impossible’ gang that stole £3.3million worth of rare books and electronics in a series of heists across Britain have confessed to a series of charges. Hundreds of rare books worth millions of pounds were stolen in a sophisticated heist by the crime gang – who also carried out 11 other … Read more
British businessman is charged with murdering his Romanian wife during post-lockdown reunion at French holiday home after they’d spent weeks apart Craig Sneddon of Kirkcaldy, Scotland was arrested in the early hours of June 13 Madelina, his wife, was found dead in their holiday rental in Aix-en-Provence Sneddon said that he woke up to find … Read more
The Romanian toyboy who inherited his 81-year-old British husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’ after relatives branded him a ‘leech’. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a Bucharest hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Widow Florin Marin … Read more
Late one night last week, the phone rang, startling Tony Clements awake. There was a delay when he answered the mobile, followed by a voice speaking in heavily-accented English. ‘Are you the brother of Philip?’ the man at the other end of the line asked. ‘Because I have to tell you that he passed away 30 … Read more