Shop assistant tells court of terror during jewel raid

A YOUNG woman was “petrified” and thought she was going to be killed when armed raiders forced her to help in a £40 million (€46m) jewellery heist, a court heard yesterday.

Shop assistant tells court of terror during jewel raid

Petra Ehnar, a shop assistant at Graff’s jewellers in Mayfair, central London, was forced at gunpoint to empty the store’s displays of gems, including a £3.5 million diamond necklace, during the raid on August 6 last year.

She was then held with a gun to her back as the robbers made their getaway in a series of vehicles, shooting at anyone who tried to impede their escape, Woolwich Crown Court was told.

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