Overview
- Masked intruders broke into a London mansion on February 12, 2023, and Malcolm McRae barricaded himself and Anya Taylor-Joy in their bedroom, scaring the raiders off by claiming he had a gun.
- Forensic evidence linked Kirk Holdrick to the scene, including DNA on a door and shoe prints outside the bedroom.
- Holdrick was arrested on April 18, 2023 after stepping off a Belfast–Liverpool ferry, initially denied involvement, and pleaded guilty in mid-December.
- The Crown Prosecution Service pursued the London burglary charge and Holdrick was sentenced on December 12 at Woolwich Crown Court to three years.
- Nine days after the London break-in, Holdrick joined a violent Sandbanks home invasion disguised as police, earning a 12-year term, and Taylor-Joy and McRae told police they were traumatized and feared being targeted again.