Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told

The Ming Dynasty cup was among items stolen by the accused (Met Police/PA) -

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of Britain’s largest cash robbery, a court has heard.

Former cage fighter Paul Allen, then 41, was paralysed for life after he was shot in the neck in the kitchen of his large detached rented home in Woodford Green, east London, on July 11 2019.