The former England footballer says being bound by cable ties and robbed at his home 'haunts me'.
Ashley Cole and partner Sharon Canu were bound by cable ties during the raid at their home in Surrey
The former England left-back told Nottingham Crown Court the raid "haunts me" and changed him as a person. Judge James Sampson, addressing the trio, said: "I've no doubt you're all intelligent, violent and chillingly ruthless men.In total, six men wereImage source,Kurtis Dilks was the only one of a four-strong gang convicted over the raid at Mr Cole's homewhen talking about how a gang tied his hands while he was holding his daughter.In a victim impact statement read out at the sentencing, Mr Cole said it had changed the lives of his partner and his children, as well as himself.
The trial heard the theft of the tiara and its associated brooch - worth a combined total of £3.75m - was a "shocking event" and they will never again be seen in their original state. Ashley Cumberpatch, 37, previously of First Avenue in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, was convicted of three counts of conspiracy to commit burglary, five counts of converting criminal property, and three counts of conspiracy to commit robbery, and was jailed for 24 years, with a five-year extended licence period
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