‘Romanian burglar Remus Costea tore safe from the floor containing £200k of jewellery’

A Romanian burglar prised up the floorboards in a flat to make off with a safe containing £200,000 worth of jewellery, court heard. Remus Costea, 42, grabbed antique rings earrings, tie pins, necklaces and brooches from the home in Kildare Gardens, Bayswater August 2. Tom Heslop, prosecuting, described the burglary as ‘targeted and planned.’ ‘The master bedroom was targeted and there seemed to be some knowledge the safe was contained under the floorboards,’ the prosecutor said. ‘The floorboards were raised…