WARRINGTON jeweller Laurence Levey has been jailed for 10 years for his alleged role in an armed robbery in Wales.
Levey, 56, was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court of conspiring to rob Peter and Jacqueline Davies, from Leeswood, Mold, while robber Gary Warner was convicted of robbery and jailed for 16 years.
The court heard the robbery in August last year involved weapons, the use of violence and threats to kill, when three masked men, dressed in black threatened to kill Mr Davies, left the couple tied up, before escaping with £100,000 in cash and jewellery – including a Rolex bought from Levey Pryor’s Jewellery store in Liverpool, said to be worth than £40,000.
The watch had been bought as a surprise present for Mrs Davies’ 65th birthday.
Mr Davies, a scrap metal dealer, bargained with Mr Levey, got the price down from £18,000 to £13,500, and the jeweller followed him back to Mold so he could be paid in cash.
Levey then identified Mr Davies to the robbers as a wealthy target.
Levey of Mossley Hill Drive, Liverpool and Warner, 45, of Boteler Court, Warrington, denied conspiring to rob Mr Davies, 64, and his wife Jacqueline, 65 but were convicted after trial by jury.
Jeweller jailed for 10 years
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