Overview
- Kingston Crown Court recorded the convictions and set sentencing for March 17, with all seven men remanded in custody.
- The coordinated spree between May and August 2025 targeted outlets including Fendi on Sloane Street, Suttons and Robertsons on Edgware Road, and Clarendon Fine Art, with £146,356 stolen.
- Offenders used sledgehammers, bricks and a Ford Fiesta to force entry, including a nine-minute daylight theft of about £59,930 from an Edgware Road jewellers.
- Flying Squad investigators linked recurring vehicles and suspects through extensive CCTV review, leading to arrests in coordinated operations on August 5 and September 29, 2025.
- Lee McCready offended while on licence for a 2005 murder, and prosecutors said a Mini Cooper stolen by David Rigelsford was later used in an uncharged Phillips Auction House burglary valued at about £610,500.