Enzo Conticello admits theft as judge says ‘I expect we’re going to find out’ what he did with egg and luxury watch
Metropolitan police officers are still trying to recover an unusual pickpocketing haul after a Fabergé egg and watch worth £2m were stolen at a pub in Soho in London.
Enzo Conticello stole the treasures from Rosie Dawson, the director of premium brands at the Craft Irish Whiskey Company, in a West End pub in November 2024, alongside some more conventional loot contained in the handbag he swiped, including her laptop and credit cards. Met detectives arrested him in Belfast on 26 January.
Conticello, also known as Hakim Boudjenoune, appeared at Southwark crown court on Tuesday where he admitted theft and three counts of fraud by false representation. He arrived in court wearing a grey prison tracksuit and did not enter a plea to a charge of concealing criminal property, including the egg and watch.
Judge Griffith told him: “It must have been rather a surprise to you when you saw that egg. What you did with it, I don’t know at the moment, but I expect we’re going to find out.”
