Romanian hotel porter nicked guest’s Rolex

STRATFORD

A Romanian porter nicked a guest’s £5,700 Rolex while the owner was having breakfast, a court heard. Petre Barbulescu, 25, dropped off the bed linen in and helped himself to Charles Terry’s timepiece at the five star Me Hotel on the Strand. Prosecutor Charles Shelton said: ‘Mr Terry went down for breakfast one morning and he left his Rolex on the desk. ‘He came back, the room was locked and the room had been cleaned.’ ‘He was unable to find…

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