Kurtis Dilks has been convicted at Nottingham Crown Court of being part of a four-strong gang who smashed into the home of former England footballer Ashley Cole and threatened to cut his fingers off.
Dilks, 35 and with an address in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, was found guilty by a jury of being part of the crew who broke their way into Cole’s Surrey home with a sledgehammer at about 9:30pm on January 21, 2020.
The courier had denied three charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, four charges of converting criminal property, three charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of robbery.
