Accused burglar claims his ‘balaclava’ was covid mask

A lockdown burglar accused of breaking into a Regent’s Park mansion claimed he had a black facemask with him because of the covid pandemic, a court heard. Melvin Gregory, 44, and Marvin Baker, 45, slipped the lock of the palatial six-storey villa in Cumberland Place, northwest London on 8 May and again on Monday (18) it is claimed. The pair crept in through the front door planning before fleeing when they heard the owner’s maid inside on 8 May, Highbury…