A MILLIONAIRE influencer has been revealed as the victim of a £10.4million jewellery heist.
A lone suspect broke into the family home in Primrose Hill, North London, through a second-floor window to carry out one of Britain’s highest-value burglaries.
GettyShafira Huang has been revealed as one of the victims of the £10.4million jewellery heist[/caption]
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He ransacked the large house while the owners were away and stole bespoke diamond jewellery worth £10.4 million.
It has now been revealed, Shafira Huang, an art collector and cultural ambassador of the Halcyon Gallery on Bond Street, was one of the victims.
The influencer often showcased luxury items, lavish trips and flaunted her wealth on social media – where she has amassed more than 13,000 followers, as reported by the Mail Online.
Her account has previously shown off some of the items which were stolen earlier this month.
The hooded Raffles-style thief also took crocodile skin Hermes handbags valued at £150,000 and £15,000 in cash.
Last night Shafira Huang and her family offered two rewards.
They put up £500,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
The family also offered a reward of 10 per cent of any of the stolen items recovered – potentially worth more than £1 million.
Photographs were released of stolen diamond bracelets, a ring and whacky handbag in the shape of a face with an arm as a strap.
Details of the burglary were released by police for the first time yesterday more than three weeks after the break-in and after a fruitless search for the suspect by local cops.
The crook broke into the house – close to the Israeli Ambassador’s London residence in Avenue Road – between 5 and 5.30pm on December 7.
It remains unclear at this time whether the burglar was acting on inside information or whether it was an opportunistic crime.
However, detectives have been scouring all CCTV in the area and compiling a list of all visitors to the house.
The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20’s to 30’s and of medium build.
He wore a dark hoodie, cargo pants, a grey baseball cap and police said he covered his face during the break-in and was also armed.
Detective Constable Paulo Roberts, investigating the burglary, said: “This is a brazen offence, where the suspect has entered the property while armed with an unknown weapon and violated the sanctuary of the victims’ home.
“The suspect has stolen £10.4m worth of jewellery, much of which is sentimental and unique in its design, and therefore easily identifiable.”
He added: “We urge anyone who was in the area of Avenue Road, NW8, and saw anything suspicious to please come forward.
“Also, if you have seen this jewellery since, someone has offered to sell it to you, or you have any further information, then please also contact the police or Crimestoppers anonymously.”
Among unique items stolen were a Graff 10.73-carat diamond ring and two De Beers butterfly diamond rings.
The crook took a 3.03-carat Hermes ring, aquamarine ring and ‘Niloticud Lumiere’ necklace.
He swiped a Van Cleef & Arpels clip featuring gold, diamonds and sapphires.
And he took a ‘Fleur des Mers’ ring encrusted with diamonds, sapphires and aquamarines.
In addition, the thief stole a diamond, sapphire and platinum necklace and bracelet collection and a gold, diamond and sapphire necklace.
He also took Chrome Hearts gold bracelets, one with emeralds and the other with sapphires.
And he snatched Chopard diamond earrings and pink Katherine Wang sapphire earrings shaped like butterflies.
The highest-value burglary in the UK is believed to have been the £25 million raid on the Kensington home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone in December 2019.
In April 2015 a gang of elderly villains got away with more than £14 million of gems and cash from a safe deposit centre in Hatton Garden, central London, in the biggest ever burglary of a non-residential premises.
Shafira Wan HuangThe necklace Shafira is posed wearing in this picture was stolen[/caption]
This bracelet was one of the items taken from the influencer’s family home
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