Cleaner cleared of stealing Princess’s jewellery after barrister tells court: ‘Money can’t buy you class’

A Colombian cleaner has been cleared by the jury of ‘looting’ £180,000 worth of jewellery from a Jordanian princess after she told a court: ‘I didn’t know things were being stolen.’ Maria Henao, 71, was accused of stealing diamond rings, bracelets, watches and earrings from the £6m Belgravia home of the 80-year-old Princess Firyal of Jordan during the pandemic in 2020. Taborda Henao’s nephew Julian Ramirez, 43, allegedly sold the stolen gems through an auction and transferred just under £18,000…

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