Saturday 22 August 2009

Three Charged With £40m Graff Heist



Three men accused of the £40m armed raid on Mayfair’s Graff jewellers will appear at Kingston Crown Court on September 1.

They are: Craig Calderwood, 26, of no fixed address; Waiter Solomun Beyne, 24, of Lilestone Street, St. John’s Wood and Doorman Clinton Mogg, 42, of Flat 4, 35 Westby Road, Bournemouth.

All three are charged with conspiring to rob the prestigious New Bond Street store (pictured right) on August 6.

Calderwood and Beyne, also charged with possessing a hangun, were arrested and charged by Barnes Flying Squad detectives and appeared in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court.

Former business and marketing student Beyne is employed at his Ethiopean parents’ Millennium coffee shop in West Hampstead

Mogg appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was also remanded in custody.

Forty-three pieces, including watches, necklaces and earrings, were snatched during the daring raid – Britain’s biggest ever jewellery robbery.

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