{"id":6188,"date":"2026-04-09T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:55:27","slug":"a-man-stole-a-handbag-outside-a-london-pub-inside-was-a-faberge-egg-and-watch-worth-nearly-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6188","title":{"rendered":"A man stole a handbag outside a London pub. Inside was a Faberge egg and watch worth nearly $3 million."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man who stole a handbag containing a Faberge egg<\/span> and watch worth at least $2.8 million (2 million pounds) from a London pub was jailed on Thursday for more than two years.<\/p>\n

Enzo Conticello, 29, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to one count of theft and three counts of fraud.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a total of 27 months in prison.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Julian Winship said the victim’s Givenchy handbag, worth 1,600 pounds, was stolen from the smoking area outside the Dog and Duck pub in Soho, central London, in November 2024.<\/p>\n

The bag contained a green and gold, emerald-encrusted Faberge egg and watch owned by the Craft Irish Whiskey Company where the victim worked, as well as a laptop, wallet, AirPods and her bank cards.<\/p>\n

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A man who stole a handbag containing a Faberge egg and watch worth at least $2.8 million from a London pub was jailed on Thursday for 27 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“This is an unusual case,” acknowledged judge Kate Livesey, describing the victim’s shock and panic when she discovered her handbag had gone.<\/p>\n

The Faberge egg and watch, which had been part of a display at a work event that evening, have not been recovered, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Conticello, who is also known as Hakin Boudjenoune, used the stolen bank cards to attempt purchases at nearby supermarkets shortly after the theft.<\/p>\n

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The stolen items were part of a limited series of seven bespoke “Emerald Isle” sets produced by the Craft Irish Whiskey Company, each comprising a Faberge egg, a Faberge watch, a handcrafted whiskey bottle and a cigar humidor, the court heard<\/p>\n

Three of the sets had been sold to private clients for between $2 million and $3 million.<\/p>\n

Livesey said Conticello, who had worked as a chef before losing his job, had acted “opportunistically” and had “no knowledge of the contents of the bag.”<\/p>\n

He later exchanged the stolen items for drugs, without realizing how valuable they were.<\/p>\n

His lawyer, Katie Porter-Windley, said Conticello had been homeless and suffered from cocaine addiction.<\/p>\n

He will serve half the sentence in jail and then be released under license.<\/p>\n

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