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Three plead guilty to attempted burglary after trying to tunnel into south London jewellers
Police said the group used tunnelling methods and was linked to more than £700,000 in jewellery shop burglaries across London.
- On Friday, Ioan Asafeti, Laurentiu-Daniel Nitisoara, and Sergiu Plastin pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to conspiracy to commit burglary with intent to steal and cause criminal damage.
- Metropolitan Police officers foiled the attempted heist on July 17 in Tooting, South London, discovering the trio drilling through a wall from a massage parlour into a jewellery shop.
- Detectives used mobile phone data to track Sergiu Plastin to London Stansted Airport, where he was arrested attempting to flee to Ireland after officers identified a vehicle linked to the group.
- The Flying Squad investigation linked the men to burglaries across London worth more than £700,000 between May and July. All three will be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on October 23.
- Police report commercial burglary offences across the capital fell 12% in the past year. Further enquiries through Interpol revealed possible links to similar offences in Europe.
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Three plead guilty to attempted burglary after trying to tunnel into south London jewellers
Ioan Asafeti, 39, Laurentiu-Daniel Nitisoara, 38, and Sergiu Plastin, 42, were arrested on 17 July. Asafeti and Nitisoara were found at the scene, having tried to tunnel into the store from a neighbouring massage parlour.
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- 36% of the sources are Center, 36% of the sources lean Right
36% Right
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C 36%
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