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Edinburgh Live
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Iona Young

Clueless thief breaks into Edinburgh jewellers making off with haul of fake gems

Edinburgh Police are searching for a hapless thief who broke into a New Town jewellers on Friday morning making off with a haul of fake gems worth nothing.

The raider got into Austen and Blake in Hanover Street via the roof at around 5.30am before grabbing a haul of diamond rings from the display cabinets.

But little did the Scottish capital's would-be 'Pink Panther' know that the rings were actually worthless, with an estimated cost of about £3 each reports the Express.

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