£26m Ecclestone and Lampard burglaries suspect charged in Serbia – BBC News

Isleworth Crown Court heard the gang targeted Ms Ecclestone’s palatial London home on one of the most expensive streets in the world opposite Kensington Palace, which the Formula 1 heiress shares with her husband Jay Rutland.

The couple had left for a Christmas holiday in Lapland hours earlier.

Many of the rooms inside the mansion were cleared of valuables. In just over an hour, the burglars made off with 400 items of jewellery and large sums of cash.

He is believed to have used at least 19 identities – including Ljubomir Romanov, which is the name the Serbian Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime have charged him under following his arrest in December 2023 in Belgrade.

The other defendants on the indictment are Milka Radosavljevic, Entoni Radosavljevic, Irena Radosavljevic, Laura Radosavljevic, Mirka Nikolic, Biljana Radosavljevic, Robert Konovalov, and Kristijan Jovanovic.

They are all charged with conspiring to commit criminal acts, money laundering and coercing into verifying false content, the prosecutor’s office said.

A statement said Mr Romanov and Mr Konovalov – whose offences are linked to Switzerland – purchased “large quantities of luxury real estate” as well as “large quantities of luxury vehicles or other movables”.

Prosecutors added the defendants invested “illegal money into legal cash flows in the amount of at least €2,422,255”.

Following their arrests, officials blocked the accounts, the use of real estate and seized luxury cars, prosecutors said.

There is no indication at this stage that UK authorities have renewed their extradition request.

An extradition treaty agreement signed by Serbia and the UK in December 1900 says each country can deny extradition of its own citizens.