Gang jailed after targeting celebrity homes in record £26m burglary spree

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Judge Edmunds QC said the gang had chosen their targets because of the “celebrity of their occupants”, adding: “The distress caused by the burglary of a home to householders who may be well-known or wealthy is not less than that caused to those in different circumstances.” Ms Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, had around £25m worth of money and jewellery stolen from her Kensington mansion while she was in Lapland with her family in December 2019. I have just been so scared.” Ms Ecclestone said the loss of gifts from her parents, including a wedding present from her mother, “made me really sad”, adding: “A lot of it was really personal, I wanted to give some of the items to my daughter one day.” “It hasn’t been easy but I guess now it just makes me think, what if, if something worse. It has got me thinking all different kinds of things, and I’m now obsessing over security, the gates and barbed wires, spikes and stuff and it’s not really how I want to live my life.” The gang stole a further £50,000 worth of property from Mr Lampard’s home in west London and almost £1m worth of valuables from the property of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, which was turned into a shrine after his death in 2018. I have struggled to sleep sometimes since the incident as I am sensitive to any noise from outside, fearing another attack.” A victim impact statement on behalf of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s family said: “Our late father’s residence was a place for reflection and to pray.