Accused conwman seen at jewellery shop the day before

A conwoman accused of posing as a gem expert to swap £4.2 million worth diamonds for pebbles was caught on CCTV examining the jeweller’s shop the day before, a court heard today (weds). Lulu Lakatos, 60, pretended to be a gemmologist called ‘Anna’ hired by wealthy Russian businessmen seeking to purchase the precious stones from Boodles in Mayfair in 2016, jurors were told. Just one of the gems, a heart-shaped diamond, was worth £2,215,138. Cricklewood Lodge Hotel manager Anu Grewal…

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