‘I can’t have killed him – I don’t even like Louis Vuitton’

A BURGLAR alleged to have taken part in the shooting of a businessman at the victim’s £1million home says he could not have done it because he liked adidas and not Louis Vuitton.

Guy Hedger, 61, a marketing executive, was murdered in front of his husband, Simon-pierre Hedger-cooper, during an aggravated burglary at their home in Castlewood, near Ringwood, Hants.

Intruders broke into the property at 3am on April 30 and shot Mr Hedger after demanding he opened a safe. They then made off with £124,000 of jewellery and luxury items.

Jason Baccus, 42, Scott Keeping, 44, both of Bournemouth, and Kevin Downton, 40, of Winterborne Stickland, near Blandford, deny murdering Mr Hedger, aggravated burglary and possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.

The court heard police found items at the home of Mr Keeping.

In his police statement, he claimed he had seen some of the victim’s stolen bags as well as a Pandora bracelet at his house but insisted he did not know they were stolen.

When asked about the stolen Louis Vuitton bags, Mr Keeping said: “Nike and adidas are my things, not f-----louis Vuitton.”

The court heard Mr Keeping allegedly confessed to a prison officer while in custody and claimed he “only went along for the valuables to fund his drug habit” and told fellow inmates it was a “£200,000 robbery”.

Winchester Crown Court heard Mr Keeping acted as a lookout while Mr Baccus and Mr Downton raided Mr Hedger’s large home and shot him.

Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, told jurors: “He told prisoner Mr Lee it was an aggravated burglary that turned into a shooting and said it was a £200,000 robbery from the safe. He said the panic button was pressed and they got in over the electric fence and the two men inside were asleep.

“He said there was someone shot and the one who did the shooting was the youngest and handed himself in. He went on to say the gun was a shotgun that was taken from someone’s house without their knowledge, then he said they had burnt their clothes.”

Mr Lickley told the court that Mr Keeping confessed his part in the crime to a prison officer while in custody.

Helen Keeping, 40, from Poole, also denies two charges of assisting an offender. The trial continues.