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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Burglar who stole £10m worth of jewellery from London mansion broke in through bathroom window

Composite image of Avenue Road, a Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace and a green Hermes alligator bag
(Clockwise) Avenue Road, north London. Among the items stolen in the raid were a Boucheron emerald and diamond necklace and Hermès bags. Photograph: Google Maps, Metropolitan Police

The burglar who stole £10m worth of jewellery in one of Britain’s biggest ever heists broke into a London mansion through a bathroom window and escaped with his haul in a rucksack on his back.

Police are hunting for the suspect, described as a “lone wolf”, after the theft in Avenue Road, north London, just after 5pm on 7 December.

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