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Cav’s Wife Hid Son From Burglars, Court Hears
The trial go underway at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday
Mark Cavendish and his wife were subjected to a knifepoint robbery while at home with their children, a trial has heard.
Romario Henry, 31, south east London, and 28-year-old Oludewa Okorosobo, south London, both deny two counts of robbery.
The BBC has reported that on the first day of the trial, prosecutor Edward Renvoize said intruders made off with two Richard Mille watches, valued at £400,000 and £300,000, following the raid in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021.
Jurors were also told one of the masked raiders threatened to stab the Manx Missile in front of his children.
Mr Renoize said: “[It was a] well-orchestrated and well-executed planned invasion of the home of a well-known individual with the intention of grabbing high-value timepieces,” said prosecutor Edward Renvoize, opening the first day of the trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
‘It’s quite clear the assailants were interested in obtaining watches and once they got the watches they left the premises with very little else.’
Prosecutors allege that the men broke into Cav’s home, threatened him and his wife and stole the two watches.
The court heard Mrs Cavendish kept her three-year-old under a duvet during the ordeal to prevent him witnessing the robbery.
The jurors were told that Ali Sesay, 28, of Holding Street, Rainham, east London – whose DNA was matched to Mrs Cavendish’s phone – had already pleaded guilty to robbery.
The trial was estimated to last two weeks.
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