Jail for asylum seeker who brandished knife in handbag raid

An asylum seeker who pulled on a balaclava to terrorise department store staff and grab Hermes handbags worth more than £70,000 has been jailed for two years and eight months. Akeem Lutchman-Singh, 22, brandished a Rambo knife in the 35 second raid at the Design Exchange in Knightsbridge on 20 October 2024. Together with Tyrease James, 20, Romeo Grannam, 37, and Acton Francis, 40, he admitted burglary. Kenneth Duncan, 57, drove three of the raiders from the scene in the…