Key card ruse of hotel burglar

A serial burglar told hotel staff he had lost his key card so he could let himself into rooms and steal valuables worth more than £67,000. Jake Simms, 22, pretended he was a hapless guest to prey on guests at top hotels across the capital. Simms stole jewellery worth £6,500 from the Grosvenor Hotel in Buckingham Palace Road on July 1 after telling an unwitting worker: ‘Oh s–t can you let me in my room I lost my key card.’…