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BBC News
21-02-2025
- BBC News
Richmond: Jury discharged in £1.38m watch robbery trial
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of conspiring to commit robbery at a jewellery store - a raid after which its manager took his own Kunu, 30, was accused along with Mannix Pedro - who was convicted on Wednesday - after watches were taken from the 247 Kettles shop in Richmond, south-west London, on 25 Woolwich Crown Court jury was discharged after deliberating for 28 hours over the case against Mr trial heard that the shop's office manager Oliver White - who was tied up and put in a headlock during the robbery - took his own life the next day "as a direct result" of the raid, in which more than 70 high-value watches were taken. Mr Kunu, of Mitcham, had said the robbery was "staged" and everyone involved consented - including 27-year-old Mr White, whom he claimed would have "put up more of a fight" if he had thought the raid was genuine.A date for a preliminary hearing to discuss whether there is to be a retrial has yet to be Kunu, who is in custody, was told he does not have to attend that of the stolen watches has been recovered or was insured, despite the business being a victim of theft three years earlier, jurors were 37, of Woking in Surrey, was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring to commit who was not in the shop on 25 May, was "closely involved in the planning and execution" of the raid, including the use of a stolen Audi as one of two getaway cars, the court heard.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Yahoo
Man guilty over £1.38m watch heist in London
A man has been been found guilty of conspiring to commit robbery after watches worth £1.38m were stolen from a south-west London jewellery store. Mannix Pedro, 37, was "closely involved in the planning and execution" of the robbery from 247 Kettles in Richmond on 25 May last year, Woolwich Crown Court heard. The store's office manager Oliver White, 27, took his life the following day "as a direct result" of the raid, jurors were previously told. The jury found Pedro, from Surrey, guilty after more than 23 hours of deliberation. A second defendant, Junior Kunu, 30, from Mitcham in south-west London, remains on trial charged with the same offence. Prosecutors argued Pedro did not go into the shop during the robbery, but instead organised the use of a stolen Audi as one of two getaway cars. None of the watches stolen in the robbery were recovered and none were insured, despite the business being a victim of theft three years earlier, jurors were previously told. Mr Kunu's trial resumes on Friday. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to HM Courts & Tribunals Service
