Romanian female shoplifting gang stole £4,000 of perfume

A gang of four female Romanian shoplifters have walked free after stealing more than £4,000 of perfume under the orders of crime bosses. The Birmingham-based quartet targeted busy shopping centres across the country, discreetly swiping luxury products such as Chanel, before being foiled.  All eventually pleaded guilty charges of theft and were handed community orders … Read more

Romanian female shoplifting gang stole £4,000 of perfume

A gang of four female Romanian shoplifters have walked free after stealing more than £4,000 of perfume under the orders of crime bosses. The young Birmingham-based quartet targeted busy shopping centres across the country, discreetly swiping luxury products such as Chanel, before being foiled.  All eventually pleaded guilty charges of theft and were handed community … Read more

Ringleaders of Romanian ‘Mission Impossible’ gang jailed for more than five years

The ringleaders of a Romanian ‘Mission Impossible’ criminal network who stole £3.3million of ‘irreplaceable’ books have today been jailed for more than 23 years.    Gavril Popinciuc, 45, and Cristian Ungureanu, 41, plotted raids which involved cutting holes in roofs and skylights of warehouses, abseiling down to avoid sensors that would have set off alarms.   Their … Read more

British businessman is charged with murdering his Romanian wife during post-lockdown reunion

British businessman is charged with murdering his Romanian wife during post-lockdown reunion at French holiday home after they’d spent weeks apart Craig Sneddon of Kirkcaldy, Scotland was arrested in the early hours of June 13   Madelina, his wife, was found dead in their holiday rental in Aix-en-Provence  Sneddon said that he woke up to find … Read more

Romanian toyboy who inherited 81-year-old husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’

The Romanian toyboy who inherited his 81-year-old British husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’ after relatives branded him a ‘leech’. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a Bucharest hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Widow Florin Marin … Read more

Romanian toyboy who inherited 81-year-old husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’

The Romanian toyboy who inherited his 81-year-old British husband’s cash when he died insists ‘I’m no gold digger’ after relatives branded him a ‘leech’. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a Bucharest hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Widow Florin Marin … Read more

British vicar died alone in Bucharest – leaving his Romanian husband, 27, a flat and £150,000

Late one night last week, the phone rang, startling Tony Clements awake. There was a delay when he answered the mobile, followed by a voice speaking in heavily-accented English. ‘Are you the brother of Philip?’ the man at the other end of the line asked. ‘Because I have to tell you that he passed away 30 … Read more

British vicar died alone in Bucharest – leaving his Romanian husband, 27, a flat and £150,000

Late one night last week, the phone rang, startling Tony Clements awake. There was a delay when he answered the mobile, followed by a voice speaking in heavily-accented English. ‘Are you the brother of Philip?’ the man at the other end of the line asked. ‘Because I have to tell you that he passed away 30 … Read more

‘He set out to rob him from the moment they met:’ Family of vicar, 81, slam his Romanian husband, 27

The family of an 81-year-old former vicar who left his 27-year-old Romanian toy boy husband more than £250,000 have accused his young lover of being a ‘gold digger’ who ‘set out to rob him from the moment they met.’ Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away alone on May 31 in a … Read more

Vicar, 81, who married Romanian toyboy, 27, dies alone in Bucharest hospital

An 81-year-old former vicar who married his 27-year-old Romanian toyboy lover has died alone in a Bucharest hospital – as his widow reveals he ‘cried for two days’ but is now ready to enjoy his inheritance.  Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a hospital room that … Read more