A £3.5m tiara theft put police on the trail of a violent gang, whose victims included Ashley Cole.
Footage emerged of Ashley Cumberpatch scoping out the £3.5m Welbeck tiara before the heist.
It revealed a story of secret filming, smuggled jewels and a group which specialised in shockingly violent burglaries - including the homes of two former England footballers.The damaged case where the Portland Tiara was once housed now contains only a photograph of the original With a smaller saw - with a depth gauge set to make sure the nothing else was damaged - they sliced open an armoured glass display case, seized the tiara and a matching brooch, and fled.
"It is difficult to overstate the importance and cultural value of these pieces of jewellery," prosecutor Michael Brady QC said. One of the items found at this arrest - but not linked to any crime at the time - was a GoPro camera showing video footage of him accompanying a child around the Welbeck estate.
Police also searched a number of addresses with linked to Cumberpatch, including one property in Dove Street, Nottingham. They forced her to lead them to safes, before making her put her son down on the bed so they could tie her hands behind her back. One, at the Carlton home of businessman Martin Wardle, saw the gang ambush the homeowner as he returned late at night.
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