Romanian Crime Tourists Jailed After Jewelry Heists Across UK

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Romanian Crime Tourists Jailed After Jewelry Heists Across UK
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A married couple from Romania, Vadar-Ghimes and Zinca Agafitei, have been jailed for 27 months each after admitting to a string of jewelry thefts across the UK. Police investigations revealed they had traveled to England specifically to target jewelers, committing distraction thefts and burglaries worth over £63,000.

Two Romanian crime tourists who targeted jewelers across Europe were jailed after they were caught in the UK. Married Vadar-Ghimes and Zinca Agafitei, both 46, were arrested after taking ten gold chains worth £15,000 from a jeweler's in Norfolk.

Enquiries revealed they had swiped jewellery worth another £48,000 from other locations around the Midlands and southern England in just a few weeks - after being allowed into the country despite a 'similar' spree of distraction thefts and burglaries, mainly at small, independent businesses in Italy, Malta, Turkey and Germany. They have now been jailed for 27 months each after admitting three charges of burglary and two of theft. Vadar-Ghimes also admitted a fraud charge. Prosecutor Chris Youell told Norwich Crown Court: 'What these two people have done is travel around England targeting jewellers and carried out distraction thefts and burglaries.' There was a 'significant degree of planning' to the offences 'targeting high-value jewellers', he added. The couple were arrested after striking at The Gold Shop in Thetford, Norfolk, on July 29. Earlier that month, they took £26,000 worth of bracelets from a jewellery store in Wiltshire, following the theft of a gold bracelet worth £2,280 in East Sussex in June and an £11,500 watch from a Warwick shop in May. Vadar-Ghimes Agafitei was jailed for 27 months by Norwich Crown Court for his part in a spate of jewellery heists Zinca Agafitei was also jailed for 27 months by Norwich Crown Court for her role in the heists with her husband They had also taken a bank card from a woman in Newmarket, Suffolk, in July, which Vadar-Ghimes used to withdraw £700. The pair, who had been living in Penge, south east London, spoke through an interpreter at earlier court hearings. Sentencing them on Monday, Judge Timothy Clayson said they had targeted 'small jewellers across the midlands and southern England', causing a 'substantial impact on owners and staff

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