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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rosie Shead

Shop manager took his own life after watches worth £1.38m stolen, court told

Two men are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court charged with conspiring with others to commit a robbery in which watches worth £1.38m were stolen (John Stillwell/PA) - (PA Archive)

The manager of a jewellers took his own life “as a direct result” of a robbery in which he was tied up while watches worth more than £1.38 million were stolen, a court has heard.

Junior Kunu, 30, and Mannix Pedro, 37, went on trial at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday charged with conspiring with others to commit the robbery.

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