Accused burglar ‘swiped gems from Kensington apartment’

An accused burglar has denied swiping £60,000 worth of jewellery from a luxury apartment. Benjamin Rank, 40, allegedly broke into the property in South Kensington where flats can command over £1m. Rank, of Hammersmith, denies one count of burglary and will stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on 11 November 2024. According to the charge he broke into a flat in Elvaston Place on 21 April last year and ‘stole therein a number of jewellery items to the value of…