Mark Cavendish robbery – man goes on trial after handing himself into police

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prosecutor Edward Renvoize said a balaclava-clad gang, armed with large knives, “threatened the couple and meted out violence to Mark Cavendish in order to make him meet their demands”. He said two people have “thus far been convicted of their involvement in the offences” at the home of the athlete and his wife Peta Cavendish in Ongar, Essex. He said one of the intruder’s took Peta Cavendish’s mobile phone and it was later found outside their property, which he said was a “significant error in what was an otherwise carefully executed plan”. “It was from the communications data from that telephone belonging to Mr Sesay that police were able to identify a number of other telephone numbers that appear to have been involved in the offence.” He said one such mobile phone number “has been attributed to” Jobson, and he said the defendant will claim he “was not in control of the telephone” and that it was “owned and used by someone called Stephen Smith”.