Burglar is late for court because his home had been broken into

A career burglar apologised to a judge for turning up at court late and explained someone had broken into his flat. Raymond Adewale, 71, grabbed five rings worth £34,000 from SKO Jewellery Ltd in Mayfair on 28 February 2023. Adewale stole two bronze statues – one of a bear – worth £7,200 each from Gladwell and Patterson, an internationally renowned art gallery in Knightsbridge on 19 April 2024, Southwark Crown Court heard. Seven days later he swiped a silver diamond…