Moped gang with machetes filmed speeding from jewellery store after ‘smash and grab’

A moped gang armed with a number of weapons have carried out a robbery in broad daylight on a jewellery store in London.

A moped gang armed with a number of weapons have carried out a robbery in broad daylight on a jewellery store in London.

The incident took place at the Hour House on Duke Street, Marylebone.

Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews had to hide in the shop’s vault as the gang carried out the robbery.

He said they drove through a window before ‘battering the shop with big huge hammers’.

Matthews, who was unhurt, said the men did not take a watch he had gone to collect.

In a post on Instagram stories, he said: ‘I was there picking up this vintage piece that I’d been waiting for for ages and these guys drive a scooter through the glass and start battering the shop with big huge hammers.

‘We’re in the back of the shop looking at them, sprint downstairs, hide in the vault until all the noise passes,’ he said.

‘Come upstairs, the place is just battered and I mean gonzo all the watches have gone, everything.’

Footage captured at the scene shows a number of men brandishing machetes and making a getaway on mopeds.

Another video of the aftermath shows a smashed window at the front of the store, with a police cordon in place.

Met police said a number of males armed with weapons are reported to have driven to the premises on mopeds and smashed a window before stealing goods and fleeing.

A spokesperson said: ‘Police were called at 10:32hrs on Tuesday, 28 May following reports of a smash and grab at a jewellery store in Duke Street W1.

‘A number of males armed with weapons are reported to have driven to the premises on mopeds and smashed a window before stealing goods and fleeing.

‘Officers attended, including specialist firearms colleagues.

‘A man aged in his 30s has been treated by LAS for an eye injury sustained after the shop window was smashed.

‘At this stage there have been no arrests.

‘Enquiries continue.

‘Anyone who has information that could assist police is asked to call 101 ref CAD 2222/28 May.’