He pinched the bishop’s ring

A career criminal stole valuable rings belonging to a bishop near Westminster Cathedral, a court heard. Costas Michael, 40, posed as an estate agent to obtain the keys to apartments in Ashley Gardens, Westminster, where he stole £7,300 worth of goods, including two episcopal rings. The plush flats are located near the cathedral, which is the UK’s largest church and seat of the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Michael escaped from an open prison before carrying out the raid,…