Southend store has £60,000 of jewellery stolen

5:50pm Tuesday 18th December 2012 in Local News By Emma Thomas

Southend store has £60,000 of jewellery stolen Southend store has £60,000 of jewellery stolen

THIEVES stole £60,000 of gems from a family-run jewellers.

Two crooks distracted the manager of Taylor and Son Jewellers in York Road, Southend, while a third sneaked behind the shop’s counter and snatched the three-tier display stuffed with diamond and platinum rings.

The group appeared to be organised and worked together to pull off the burglary and owner,

James Taylor, said he tried to make other businesses aware in case they were targeted as well.

Mr Taylor, who has had the business six years, says the staff are upset by the incident.

He said: “I’m devastated. It is the last thing you want just before Christmas.“Two used diversion tactics asking the girl to get some rings out the window. Then they all left together. I did ring round some other jewellers in the area to warn them about what happened.”

Mr Taylor has handed his CCTV to the police and contacted his insurance company.
He added: “The police and insurance company have been absolutely amazing.”

The group, all women, are described as being of Eastern European appearance and were all wearing headscarves. One was aged in her twenties, another in her thirties and the third was in her sixties.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “Anyone who is offered any gold rings in the run up to Christmas in unusual circumstances is urged to contact investigating officers at Southend police station.”

Anyone that has information about this theft, which happened at 1.36pm on Friday, December 14, can call police on 101.

Comments(20)

SpiffSpaffington1984 says...
6:10pm Tue 18 Dec 12

Romanians, how can people fall for this? 95% of them are conartists its a career for them, wait til 2014 the UK will be stripped bare

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notinwestcliffanymore says...
7:12pm Tue 18 Dec 12

""""""""The group, all women, are described as being of Eastern European appearance""""""""""

THAT QUOTE DOES SEEM TO SETTLE AN ONGOING ARGUMENT ON HERE.

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Rochford Rob says...
7:17pm Tue 18 Dec 12

Probably stole any donation boxes on the counter whilst they were at it.

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madmax1 says...
7:23pm Tue 18 Dec 12

"He added: “The police and insurance company have been absolutely amazing.”

Yeah I bet they have mate, this has insurance scam written all over it. & Why would you have 60k's worth of stock on York Rd ?

Them women wont be to hard to find it local, (I assume they dont live in southend) that means 'someone' has arranged for them to come down for the job.

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InTheKnowOk says...
9:29pm Tue 18 Dec 12

We let them in, give them a roof over their heads, benefits, schooling for their kids, etc, etc, and they repay us back like this !!!!!!

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InTheKnowOk says...
9:31pm Tue 18 Dec 12

Not being funny but what were the staff thinking of ? One look at them and I would instantly know they were up to no good ...

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DogsMessInLeigh says...
9:35pm Tue 18 Dec 12

i would not let any of those in my shop, or if one came in i would watch them like a hawk, surely shop staff must feel something is not right with these people, do they have NO senses what so ever...or where they desperate for a sale and blinded by that.
be very aware of these women, a group of east europeans(Romanians i suspect) tried to 'get talking' my Mrs sometime back whilst she was in London Road leigh...they will want to get close and ask about if you want to buy some gold chains/rings which are possibly stolen or pure rubbish or they want to pick you bag, luckily she just ignored them as i had spoke to her about the dangers in the past, they will pick out women old vulnerable and the young that are walking alone.
Be careful, seriously.

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Happylass says...
9:46pm Tue 18 Dec 12

Looks like shop owners are going to have to put notices in their windows like the sweetshops used to and some still do, stating that no more than two schoolchildren in the shop at any one time. There will come a time when all jewellers and high-end shops, will have electric entry systems for customers and only two people with be allowed entry. Also bags will be searched before customers will be allowed to leave. If one has nothing to hide, a short time spent searching ones bag is nothing in the scheme of things. It's no different to visiting exhibitions where bags are searched on entry and also on exit in the case of the main antique and art shows. At least many thanks to Mr Taylor for notifying the other shops in his area.

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loppyears says...
10:10pm Tue 18 Dec 12

The group appeared to be organised and worked together to pull off the burglary and owner,

Surely you have to break into somewhere for it be classed as burglary?? This sounds like theft to me.

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echoforum says...
11:24pm Tue 18 Dec 12

Must agree £60k is a lot of nicking and theiving without apparently much effort.
Strange story!!!!!!!!!!!

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DogsMessInLeigh says...
10:44am Wed 19 Dec 12

Happylass wrote:
Looks like shop owners are going to have to put notices in their windows like the sweetshops used to and some still do, stating that no more than two schoolchildren in the shop at any one time. There will come a time when all jewellers and high-end shops, will have electric entry systems for customers and only two people with be allowed entry. Also bags will be searched before customers will be allowed to leave. If one has nothing to hide, a short time spent searching ones bag is nothing in the scheme of things. It's no different to visiting exhibitions where bags are searched on entry and also on exit in the case of the main antique and art shows. At least many thanks to Mr Taylor for notifying the other shops in his area.
i bet staff in the big named stores in southend/lakeside are aware of such 'groups', the smaller store in this case the thought probably never even crossed their minds, wonder how fast the alarm was raised...CCTV around the area should of have them picked up in no time i would think.

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Jose El Mezclador says...
3:49pm Wed 19 Dec 12

We should embrace the wonderful benefits of multi- culturalism – LOL
• Gun crime
• Knife crime
• Drug Dealing
• Muggings
• One parent families
• Demanding “Respect” but not prepared to give it
• Spitting in the street
• Bombing on the underground
• Prostituting of young girls in Yorkshire
• “Honour” Killings
• Headmasters stabbed to death
• Children killed by uninsured drivers
• Gangs
• Sewage flavoured Kebabs
• Money laundering for **** and drug dealing ( come one! - well how many car washes do you need)

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southend_Dave says...
4:32pm Wed 19 Dec 12

Jose El Mezclador wrote:
We should embrace the wonderful benefits of multi- culturalism – LOL
• Gun crime
• Knife crime
• Drug Dealing
• Muggings
• One parent families
• Demanding “Respect” but not prepared to give it
• Spitting in the street
• Bombing on the underground
• Prostituting of young girls in Yorkshire
• “Honour” Killings
• Headmasters stabbed to death
• Children killed by uninsured drivers
• Gangs
• Sewage flavoured Kebabs
• Money laundering for **** and drug dealing ( come one! - well how many car washes do you need)
Most of those are applicable to good old English white people as well.

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_champagne2 says...
4:54pm Wed 19 Dec 12

These are organised gangs coming to live in our town soon from the london boroughs - thanks Mr. Cameron. A few years ago a family of them were trying to sell a man's gold ring along at Thorpe Bay in the afternoon. They arrived in a 4 x 4 courtesy of the taxpayer no doubt, someone called the police when no one was interested. They'd probably done a job in Thorpe Bay at the time/or a robbery elsewhere I'm guessing. Apparently the same people were trying this one on at Lakeside. God help us when these romanian gypsies come to live here.

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SpiffSpaffington1984 says...
6:57pm Wed 19 Dec 12

They have come here with the sole intention of crime, the police know that, theres no inside, insurance job, thats a ridiculous thing to say, the same as the charity box theft, they do this daily, the kids are taught to pick pockets as soon as they can walk, they dont learn how to read or write, crime is all they know, 1 gets the staff members attention while the others pinch whatever they want, look at them, they have dishonesty going through to their bones, they have no intention of ever living a legitimate life, they wouldnt even know how to, there will be a flash car waiting for them as soon as they are outside and will scream they are being attacked if anybody tries to stop them, they are absolute cockroaches

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DogsMessInLeigh says...
8:41pm Wed 19 Dec 12

agreed...100%.

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Jose El Mezclador says...
7:46am Thu 20 Dec 12

southend_Dave wrote:
Jose El Mezclador wrote: We should embrace the wonderful benefits of multi- culturalism – LOL • Gun crime • Knife crime • Drug Dealing • Muggings • One parent families • Demanding “Respect” but not prepared to give it • Spitting in the street • Bombing on the underground • Prostituting of young girls in Yorkshire • “Honour” Killings • Headmasters stabbed to death • Children killed by uninsured drivers • Gangs • Sewage flavoured Kebabs • Money laundering for **** and drug dealing ( come one! - well how many car washes do you need)
Most of those are applicable to good old English white people as well.
Wrong

And why we're at it:
*Brixton Riots 2011 (and 1981)
*Broadwater Farm Riot and PC Blakelock
*Glasgow Airport Attack 2007 - Bilal Abdullah and Kafeel Ahmed

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Jose El Mezclador says...
11:12am Thu 20 Dec 12

Oh yeah

And Gangsta rap: "Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths"

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ricardo62 says...
11:39am Thu 20 Dec 12

one other thing to bear in mind if you think its bad now wait till turkey joins the eu alledgedly theres a million turks waiting at the border to come and live here,this country is a joke ! funny how knife crime and rapes werent heard of much back in the 70s now since the eu there happening every week.

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Nebs says...
1:02pm Thu 20 Dec 12

ricardo62 wrote:
one other thing to bear in mind if you think its bad now wait till turkey joins the eu alledgedly theres a million turks waiting at the border to come and live here,this country is a joke ! funny how knife crime and rapes werent heard of much back in the 70s now since the eu there happening every week.
We better some more house and flats for them. Quick.

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