How London hotel sting caught Swiss museum heist thieves
Three men wearing ski masks, dark clothing and gloves got out and walked up the steps to the solid, wooden front door.
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Three men wearing ski masks, dark clothing and gloves got out and walked up the steps to the solid, wooden front door.
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.