Jewellery worth €40m stolen from Cannes hotel

A staggering €40m worth of diamonds and other jewels were stolen yesterday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe’s biggest jewellery heists recent years.

The hotel in the sweltering French Riviera was hosting a temporary jewellery exhibit over the summer from the prestigious Leviev diamond house, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev.

A police spokesman said the theft took place around noon, but he could not confirm reports that the robber was a single gunman who stuffed a suitcase with the gems before exiting.