The Olympic cyclist and his wife, Peta, were at their home in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021 when intruders broke into the property and stole two Richard Mille watches worth a total of £700,000. For more:
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerA man who robbed cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife at their home and made off with luxury watches worth a total of £700,000 has been found guilty.
Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green, Lewisham, south-east London, denied carrying out the raid but was found guilty following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court. His co-defendant Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, south London, denied two counts of robbery and was cleared by the jury.cyclist had a"Rambo-style" knife held against his face by balaclava-wearing men, who broke into his home and stole a pair of watches.
The 37-year-old and his wife, Peta, were woken up when the intruders broke into the property in Ongar,After hearing noise coming from downstairs, Mrs Cavendish went to investigate.A pair of intruders were captured on the CCTV camera outside Mark and Peta Cavendish's house. Pic: PAMr Cavendish, who at the time was recovering from a cycling injury, attempted to press a panic alarm but was jumped on by an intruder who began punching him in the head.
He told the court that one of the men took out a knife and"held it in my face" before threatening to"stab him up" in front of his children.The Olympic silver medalist, widely regarded as one of the greatest road sprinter cyclists of all time, told jurors that as a brand ambassador of the luxury watchmaker he is sometimes loaned custom-made timepieces to wear.Prosecutor Edward Renvoize told the court that the couple had been"terrorised in their own home".
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