A woman who secretly swapped seven pebbles for £4.2 million ($8.4 million) worth of diamonds has been sent to prison for her role in the audacious heist at a luxury jewellery store in London's posh Mayfair district.
Lulu Lakatos, 60, was sentenced Wednesday to five-and-a-half years in prison after a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found her guilty of conspiracy to steal.
Lakatos was part of an international gang that fled to France after stealing the diamonds from Boodles on New Bond St on March 10, 2016. The gems haven't been recovered.
"This was an audacious theft, carried out in plain view of experienced and professional staff at a renowned jewellers," Detective Sergeant William Man of London's Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement.