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 their six-year-old son 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
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
The family of an 81-year-old former vicar who left his 27-year-old Romanian toy boy husband more than £250,000 have accused his young lover of being a ‘gold digger’ who ‘set out to rob him from the moment they met.’ Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away alone on May 31 in a … Read more
An 81-year-old former vicar who married his 27-year-old Romanian toyboy lover has died alone in a Bucharest hospital – as his widow reveals he ‘cried for two days’ but is now ready to enjoy his inheritance. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a hospital room that … Read more
Desperate vineyard owners have flown Romanian fruit pickers in to Italy by private jet in a bid to save their grape harvests. One of the fruit pickers who was flown to the northern Italian town of Termeno said it was the first time they had been on a plane. Italy’s vines have not stopped growing during … Read more