Ogling the homes of the uber-wealthy is not just the preserve of these property pages. Criminals have been targeting their properties in a series of headline-grabbing burglary sprees. Jack Grealish, Kurt Zouma, Joelinton and Raheem Sterling are some of the scores of elite footballers who have been targeted.
Frank Lampard was targeted by the same gang that took £25 million of jewellery from Tamara Ecclestone’s Kensington mansion. The Beckhams ordered a security overhaul for their west London home after a burglar broke in undetected while they were at home. Simon Cowell put his multimillion-pound home in Holland Park on the market and left London altogether because his family were living in “constant fear” following a string of burglaries.
