US EditionMan Caught Attempting to Steal Jewels Worth £190k From Claridge’s Hotel Jailed
- Jay McGinty, 37, was caught attempting to steal £190,000 worth of jewellery at Claridge's Hotel in London in March 2025.
- He planned the theft by arriving on a Vespa scooter, wearing a balaclava, using smoke grenades, and a sledgehammer to break a display case.
- CCTV footage showed McGinty placing smoke grenades that released dark smoke, then smashing the jewellery case before hotel security detained him.
- Monica Oluwole from the Crown Prosecution Service stated that McGinty created a diversion to conceal his bold effort to seize valuable jewellery.
- McGinty admitted to aggravated burglary and received a six-year prison sentence from Southwark Crown Court, with his arrest aided by hotel security who prevented his escape.
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Burglar triggers smoke grenades at Claridge’s Hotel in £190k jewellery heist attempt
This is the moment passers-by fled as a man set off smoke grenades in an attempt to steal £190,000 worth of jewels from London’s iconic Claridge’s Hotel. Clad in a balaclava and crash helmet, Jay McGinty, 37, arrived the hotel in Mayfair on a Vespa scooter and set down a smoke grenade, covering a hallway in thick black smoke, before attempting to break into a jewellery cabinet with a sledgehammer in March this year. However, the raid was thwarte…
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