A thief got 'lucky' when he grabbed a jeweller's rucksack containing more than £200,000 worth of luxury watches, a court heard. Abdelwahab Tanout, 26, stole Hatton Garden jeweller Andrew Jones' backpack at Kings Cross railway station in central London on July 23 last year. Tanout, from Algeria, appeared in custody at Inner London Crown Court, speaking only to confirm his name, his date of birth and admit one charge of theft. Judge Jeremy Donne, QC warned the thief he could face up to two years jail when he returns for sentence on April 16. 'It is an opportunistic bag theft which happened to come across, not quite the crown jewels, but something worth a lot of money.'

Source: Daily Mail March 01, 2021 17:00 UTC