London £1.38m watch robbery 'was staged', defendant tells court

Office manager Oliver White, 27, died by suicide the next day "as a direct result" of the robbery, jurors were previously told - (Instagram/247Kettles)

An alleged robbery in which watches worth £1.38 million were stolen was "staged" and everyone involved consented, including a jewellery store manager who later killed himself, a court has been told.

Junior Kunu, 30, and Mannix Pedro, 37, are charged with conspiring with others to commit the robbery after more than 70 luxury watches were stolen from the 247 Kettles shop in Richmond, south-west London, on May 25 last year.