Boyfriend wins £30,000 payout from jewellers after diamond fell out of partner’s ring at Victoria

A businessman who sued jewellers after a rare yellow diamond he gave his girlfriend for Christmas fell out of her ring and was lost in Victoria Station has been handed £30,000 compensation by a judge. In 2017 when Mark Hare bought the ‘fancy’ octagonal 3.1 carat yellow diamond for his ‘thrilled’ then partner, Olivia Claffey, … Read more

Businessman sues jewellers after £29k diamond fell out of ring at Victoria station

A businessman is suing a jewellers’ after a £29,000 yellow diamond he gave his girlfriend for Christmas was lost when it fell out of her ring.  Olivia Claffey noticed the gem was missing from the setting of her £31,000 ring as she got off a train and into a taxi at London Victoria station on March … Read more

London jewellers J McCarthy could be forced to close

London jewellers J McCarthy which was loved by Margaret Thatcher and counts Princess Anne as a customer could be forced to close after more than 200 years over plans to redevelop building London store may close as Metrus Property Advisors hopes to open a restaurant  Owner Robert Mullings found out about plans when he went … Read more

Ocean’s Eleven-style gang member who stole £4m gems from Mayfair jewellers jailed for four years

A gang member who stole £4million worth of gems from a Mayfair jewellers in one of the biggest shoplifting thefts in British criminal history has been jailed for nearly four years. Mickael Jovanovic was part of a crack team who tricked staff at Boodles into handing over precious jewels then used sleight of hand to … Read more

Romanian burglars who carried out a raid on Fleet Street jewellers found guilty of £300,000 heist

Two Romanian burglars who drilled through walls in ‘sophisticated’ raid on Fleet Street jewellers while using nearby half marathon as cover are found guilty of £300,000 heist Florin-Cristin Neagu, 46, and Sorin Munteanu, 44, are convicted of ‘daring’ raid  Tried to drill into Fleet Street jewellers but first drilled into next door William Hill  Southwark … Read more