Boy, 13, pleads guilty to burglaries at luxury London hotels and BBC TV centre

During a burglary at one hotel, the teenager and his 14-year-old brother, then 13, obtained the master key and gained access to a number of rooms, the prosecution said.

Claridge’s Hotel was burgled (Ian West/PA)

A 13-year-old boy carried out burglaries at some of London’s top luxury hotels and the BBC Television Centre, a court has heard.

The boy, who was 12 at the time of the offences, admitted to raids on Claridge’s in Mayfair, Kensington’s Milestone Hotel, The Millennium Hotel in Knightsbridge and the Corinthian Hotel in Whitehall, Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court was told on Wednesday.