Gloucestershire 31 July 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-45022796 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Thieves climbed a two-metre high wall to steal antiques from the country home of a multi-millionaire entrepreneur. … [Read more...] about Antiques worth £1m taken from country home
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One of Wales’ richest men offers reward after £1m mansion theft
One of Wales' richest men is offering a "substantial" reward to catch the burglars who stole jewellery and antiques worth more than £1m from his family home in the Cotswolds. Sir Christopher Evans - an internationally renowned life sciences entrepreneur - described the thieves as "dangerous, brazen, professional risk takers" and warned that next time someone could be seriously hurt or worse. The raiders struck on July 9 at the home of Sir Christopher and his wife Lady Anne Evans in the village of Bibury, when Lady Anne and her son Calum, 20, were in the 30-room mansion. Gloucestershire Police said the four-strong gang are believed to have climbed a 7ft wall to gain entry to the grounds. Detectives have released CCTV of the incident in which the burglars used log baskets to carry the stolen items to a waiting car. It is believed they then got into a grey or silver Audi S5 before making off at speed in the direction of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Among the jewellery was Lady … [Read more...] about One of Wales’ richest men offers reward after £1m mansion theft
Cash for Peerages businessman in £1m burglary as masked thieves raid his 30-room mansion while wife and son inside
Cash for Peerages businessman Sir Christopher Evans and his wife have been left devastated after burglars broke into her home and made off with £1million worth of valuables. Masked burglars stole all of Lady Anne Evans’ jewellery alongside antique silver and ceramics in the raid on their family home in Bibury, near Cirencester. The sprawling estate the Cotswolds was targetted by four men in the early hours of Monday morning while Lady Anne and her son Calum, 20, were at home in their 30-room mansion. The balaclava clad thieves who wore blue surgical gloves got into the property between 5pm and 8pm before driving away in a dark coloured Audi S5 car towards Cirencester. "They have wiped out my entire jewellery collection,” said Lady Anne. "It's serious money. There were hundreds of items and a lot of them were unbelievably special. "My son and I were in the house at the time. We were so lucky we didn't come across them, these guys were prepared. I feel … [Read more...] about Cash for Peerages businessman in £1m burglary as masked thieves raid his 30-room mansion while wife and son inside
Mansion of one of Wales’ richest men is raided and £1million of jewellery stolen
The mansion of one of Wales' richest families was raided by a balaclava-clad gang who stole more than £1 million worth of jewellery, antique silver and ceramics. The burglars scaled a 7ft wall to creep into the home of multi-millionaire Sir Christopher Evans and snatch his wife's entire jewellery collection. Lady Anne Evans and her son Calum, 20, were in the 30-room mansion at the time. The thieves got into the sprawling property between 5pm and 8pm on Monday evening and emptied jewellery, antique silver and ceramics into log baskets before making their getaway. Wearing hoods over their faces and blue surgical gloves, they emptied their haul into a dark coloured Audi S5 and sped off. It is thought they made their escape when they heard Lady Anne get up to take her dog Scooter for a walk. Fighting back tears, she told Gloucestershire Live : "They have wiped out my entire jewellery collection. It's serious money. There were hundreds of items and a lot of them were unbelievably … [Read more...] about Mansion of one of Wales’ richest men is raided and £1million of jewellery stolen
Tory MP Christopher Chope dealt delicious revenge for blocking ‘upskirting’ law
A Tory MP's office door has been covered in knickers and a bra in an act of spectacular revenge for blocking the progress of an 'upskirting' law. In the ultimate Westminster whodunnit, anyone might have sabotaged Christopher Chope's hideaway - because Labour and Tories are both furious at him. The Mirror can reveal MPs are poised to launch an investigation after the Tory blocked the progress of a Bill that would have criminalised 'upskirting'. The Private Member's Bill, which would have made taking photos up women's skirts without consent a specific criminal offence, was backed by government. Yet Sir Christopher and another Tory, Philip Davies, used arcane Commons rules to talk for four hours which meant there was no time to debate the Bill on Friday. Sir Christopher then shouted "object", which meant the Bill could not pass its first hurdle without debate - and was instead postponed until at least July. Now the MP's office door in Parliament's Norman Shaw North has been covered in … [Read more...] about Tory MP Christopher Chope dealt delicious revenge for blocking ‘upskirting’ law