Irish billionaire’s London home burgled twice in four days for valuables worth €1.45m

Paul Coulson, chairman of Ardagh Group, rings the opening bell at the group's listing day at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 15, 2017. File picture

An Irish billionaire’s London home was burgled twice in the space of just four days with thieves getting away with jewellery, cash, luxury handbags and designer clothes worth an estimated £1.25m (€1.45m), a court has heard.

Paul Coulson’s Knightsbridge townhouse, which is close to the grounds of Buckingham Palace, was broken into repeatedly in December last year.