Wednesday 2 September 2009

Five Remanded On £40m Graff Heist Charges



Five men accused of the £40m armed raid on Mayfair’s Graff jewelers appeared via video link at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday and were remanded in custody until October 23.

They are: Craig Calderwood, 26, of no fixed address; Waiter Solomun Beyne, 24, of Lilestone Street, St. John’s Wood; Doorman Jamal Mogg, 42, of Westby Road, Bournemouth; Gregory Jones, 29, of Elgin Avenue, Harrow and Courtney Lawrence, 30, of Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington.

All three are charged with conspiring to rob the prestigious New Bond Street store (pictured above) on August 6.

Calderwood and Beyne also face one firearms charge each, namely possessing a handgun on August 6.

They will be joined by a sixth man, 21 year-old Benjamine McFarlane, of Paveley Street, St. John's Wood, who was also charged with conspiracy to rob and was remanded in custody.

They were originally arrested and charged by Barnes Flying Squad detectives.

Former business and marketing student Beyne is employed at his Ethiopean parents’ Millennium coffee shop in West Hampstead.

Forty-three pieces, including watches, necklaces and earrings, were snatched during the daring raid – Britain’s biggest ever jewellery robbery.  

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