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BRAVERY
Hairdresser
intervenes in
jewellery raid
A hairdresser intervened during a
jewellery raid by throwing outdoor shop
signage at the thieves breaking into a
jewellery store in Billericay.
According to a report by The Echo four
people on mopeds tried to smash their
way into Coleby’s Jewellers at 11.30am
on 31 January, using sledge hammers to
break the shop’s glass windows.
CCTV footage showed a member of
staff from the LJR Hair and Beauty hair
salon throwing the store’s sign at the
gang. It narrowly missed them, and in
retaliation one of the gang members
smashed the salon’s window.
Lauren Vinicombe, LJR Hair and
Beauty, said: “We do have a bit of a hero
here but I don’t really want to talk about
what happened yesterday, I want to put
it behind us. It’s business as usual and
we are fine. We are going to remain
open as normal. I am thankful to my
team for continuing to do their work.”
Ricky Coleby, owner of the jewellery
store, sai d: “I would like to say thank
you for the great support from the
public. There was a great community
spirit from everyone. Lots of witnesses
have come forward to help out with the
police investigation. We will not be shut
by this and will remain open as usual.”
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In the November 2017 issue of Jewellery Focus
we ran an image of some pearls alongside Louise
Tippey’s British Pearl Association contribution,
without a credit to the owner - it should have
been credited to Heidi Kjeldsen Ltd. We have now
amended this on the re-published version of the
article on our website, and apologise to Heidi for
the inadvertent omission of this copyright credit.
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CRIME
Hatton Garden
jewellery thief
dies in jail
Terry Perkins, one of the gang
members involved with the Hatton
Garden jewellery raid, has died in
prison aged 69.
He was one of the four ringleaders
behind the notorious robbery and his
death comes just one week after the
gang was ordered to pay a total fine
of £27.5m or spend seven more years
in jail.
The men drilled a hole in the wall of
a vault at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit
in Easter 2015. The raid was labelled
as the “largest burglary in English legal
history” and two thirds of the valuables
still have not been recovered.
According to reports Perkins was
serving his sentence in HMP Belmarsh
and is believed to have been ill for
some time.
The prison service said: “As with
all deaths in custody, there will be
an independent investigation by the
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.”
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INVESTIGATION
Fourth man
charged in
Leicester jeweller
murder inquiry
A fourth man has been charged
in connection with the death and
alleged kidnap of a jeweller from
Leicester.
The jeweller who was named as
Ramniklal Jogiya, 74, was found dead
in Gaulby Lane, Stoughton on 25
January after he had gone missing as
he walked home from work.
Javon Roach, 29, of Norwich Road
Leicester, has been charged with
kidnap and robbery of Mr Jogiya
and is due to appear at Leicester
Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
The three other men believed to
be involved, aged 19, 20 and 23, have
also been charged with kidnap and
robbery and are in custody.
Police said three men who featured
in another appeal in connection with
this death had been found.
Two men, aged 22 and 18, have
been released under investigation
and two men, aged 20 and 21, have
been released with no further action.
Detectives had earlier appealed for
information about a white van and
motorcycle pictured on Aylestone
Road, Leicester, on the night of
Mr Jogiya’s disappearance.
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