A couple ‘groomed’ their six-year-old son so he could help them steal a £67,000 watch from Harrods. Ilie Para and Marta Para-Bloj, both 33, took pictures of the Audemars Piguet Royal Offshore Oak 18 carat rose gold watch at the luxury store five days before the theft.
They then returned with their son to carry out the theft on September 19 this year. They managed to steal the pricey 18 carat rose gold watch by swapping it with a replica hidden in the boy's hood when the sales assistant turned her back to them, Southwark Crown Court heard.
The Romanian couple were stopped by police days later at the port of Dover as they were attempting to go home. Para and Para-Bloj both admitted theft from a shop with Para being jailed for 18 months while
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