Patrick Monney News Today

A vase stolen from Geneva was carried around London in a JD Sports bag as the gang looked to sell it on.

Three men wearing ski masks, dark clothing and gloves got out and walked up the steps to the solid, wooden front door.

Two British siblings have been locked up in Switzerland after they confessed to breaking into a Geneva museum to steal famed Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts.

On the night of June 1 2019, there was an unusual disturbance at a museum in Geneva. Wearing ski masks and gloves, two brothers from south-east London, along with a third man, broke into the Baur Foundation at the Museum of Far Eastern Art by smashing a pane on the front door.

Prosecutors say the two British men should be jailed for stealing 14th Century Ming Dynasty artefacts.

They will be sentenced on Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Police issue mugshots of the Ahearne brothers following their sentencing.

Two British brothers have been sent to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum to steal 700-year-old Chinese antiques worth millions of pounds.

Stewart and Louis Ahearne admitted being part of a gang which raided a museum in Geneva.

Prosecutors said the men were part of a gang of three who broke into Fondation Baur, a museum of Far Eastern art in Geneva, in June 2019.