Gang who stole £400,000 from footballer jailed

A gang who stole more than £400,000 of designer goods from the mansion of former England captain John Terry have been jailed for nearly 28 years for a series of raids on luxury homes.

Judge Susan Tapping, sentencing at Kingston Crown Court, said the Terry burglary was part of a “carefully planned” series of raids on large luxury homes by a gang who are “experienced if not professional burglars”.

Terry’s mansion in Oxshot, Surrey, was targeted in February after the player posted pictures from the slopes of the French Alps tohis 3.4 million Instagram followers that he was “away skiing”.