john Terry's home was robbed of an “eye
watering” £400,000 worth of jewellery and
designer goods after he posted a picture of
himself enjoying a skiing holiday online, it
has emerged.
The former England captain’s £5 million
mansion was broken into in February as he
posed for pictures on the slopes with his wife
Toni, 35, and their children, revealing to his
3.4million Instagram followers that he was
having a “great few days away skiing with the
family”.
A gang of burglars took advantage of the
opportunity, strolling around the property in
Oxshott, Surrey, with axes and spending hours
helping themselves to designer handbags worth
£126,000 and rare signed first edition Harry
Potter books valued at £18,000, according to
reports.
They executed the burglary with “ruthless
efficiency,” even returning later that night to
break into a safe, Kingston Crown Court heard
It was claimed that the thieves found so many
handbags they were unable to carry them all,
taking 28 of the most valuable items including
a £42,000 snakeskin Hermes bag, Chanel bags
worth £8,000 and others from Gucci, Louis
Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent.
The gang responsible face years behind bars
after carrying out raids on a string of
mansions.
Rossano Scamardella, prosecuting, said: ''Mr
Terry made the mistake of posting a
photograph of himself and his family on the
social media platform, Instagram.
"Revealing as it must have done to anyone who
saw it, that their house was empty."
She said officers who arrived at the scene at
3am on February 25 were shocked by the
scenes of “carnage” that greeted them. The
gang had caused £19,000 worth of damage, the
Daily Mail reported.
Darren Eastaugh, 30, Joshua Sumer, 27, Roy
Head, 28, and 25-year-old Oliver Hart have
pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to
commit burglary between February 1 and
March 27 this year involving seven burglaries
across Surrey and Sussex.
A fifth man Kye Hardy-King, 25, pleaded guilty
to one count of handling stolen goods when
some of the stolen property was found at his
home.
None of the items taken during the Terry raid
have ever been recovered.
All five are due to be sentenced on Friday.