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Rickshaw driver spared jail after stealing £31,000 worth of wine and champagne from restaurants

Iuliu Kubola admitted to six burglaries stealing £31,000 in wine from upscale London eateries and received a 20-month suspended sentence after returning some bottles.

  • Iuliu Kubola, 61, admitted to six burglaries at three premises in London, stealing wine and cash, and was sentenced to 20 months in custody suspended for two years.
  • Some wine bottles valued at approximately £6,687 were recovered, but significant loss and damage occurred at one restaurant where 73 bottles were stolen.
  • Kubola was seen on CCTV taking the bottles, putting them in a wheelie bin, and loading the bin into the back of his pedicab, and was found with various bottles of wine and liquor.
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Tuk-tuk driver who stole £31,000 of wine avoids prison after returning some bottles

Iuliu Kubola stole £31,000 of fine wine from high-end London restaurants in his tuk-tuk.

A man who stole fine wine and champagne worth 31,000 pounds (about 35,000 euros) from the luxury restaurant escaped prison after he returned some of the stolen goods.

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