Bar worker will deny Ecclestone raid

A Romanian bar worker will deny his involvement in the £50 million jewellery and cash raid on heiress Tamara Ecclestone’s home, a court heard. Emil-Bogdan Savastru, 29, and cleaner Maria Mester, 47, are charged with plotting to burgle Miss Ecclestone’s £70m mansion in Palace Green, Kensington, on December 13. The raid happened after Ms Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, jetted off for her Christmas holiday to with husband Jay Rutland and their daughter Sophia. Mester…