Property developer ‘is bubbly nicker’
A property developer grabbed eight bottles of bubbly from the Fortnum & Mason restaurant with the help of a 17-year-old accomplice, a court heard. Douglas Vallender, 52, allegedly swiped champagne from the famous eatery in St James’s in London’s West End on 1 May. The Cornwall based businessman, and the 17-year-old, who cannot be named, allegedly stole bottles of bubbly worth £348 from the restaurant on Jermyn Street. Vallender owns Valle Construction and Valdon Developments based in St. Ives, Cornwall…