Gang jailed for £400k raid on John Terry's mansion

Handbags worth £126,000 were stolen by the gang - who were rumbled when they tried to open the safe with an angle grinder.

Four men who raided John Terry's mansion and stole over £400,000 of designer goods have been jailed for a total of nearly 28 years.

Described by the judge as "experienced" burglars, the men had carried out a series of "carefully planned" raids on large luxury homes in Surrey and Sussex.

They targeted Terry's home after the former England captain revealed on social media that he was on holiday, signalling that his house in Oxshott, Surrey was empty.

Terry posted a photo on Instagram showing him and his wife in the French Alps with the caption "Great few days away Skiing with the family."

Items taken included designer handbags worth £126,000 - including a £42,000 snakeskin Hermes bag and a blue python bag valued at £8,250 - and more than £220,000 of jewellery.

Rare signed first-edition Harry Potter books valued at £18,000 were also taken.

The judge said that "not content with the original haul" the men had returned with an unidentified man and an angle grinder to try to get into the safe.

It was the noise from the grinder which woke the housekeeper and triggered the alarm.

The gang, who plundered the master bedroom before leaving, caused at least £19,000 of damage.

None of the items taken have so far been recovered.

All four had a long criminal history and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.

Darren Eastaugh, 30, of Bedfont, London, was sentenced to seven years and three months; Joshua Sumer, 27, of Havant, Portsmouth, was sentenced eight years; Roy Head, 28, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was jailed for seven years and four months; and Oliver Hart, 25, also of Walton-on-Thames, was jailed for five years and four months.

A fifth man, Kye Hardy-King, 25, was given a 12-month sentence, suspended for 12 months, a two-month curfew and a rehabilitation requirement after pleading guilty to handling stolen goods.

The judge also said that another "unidentified" suspect who was not in court was also involved.

Goods worth £600,000 were stolen during the gang's campaign of burglary that targeted seven homes,

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