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Man jailed after robbing jewellers with axes and hammers

Jewellery valued at between £300,000 and £400,000 remain outstanding according to police

Lookman Shekoni was jailed for five and a half years after robbing a jewellery store in Brent

A man who was part of a moped gang that robbed a Brent jewellers armed with hammers and axes has been jailed for five and a half years.

Lookman Shekoni, 24, of Josephine Avenue, Lambeth, had previously pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, September 28 to robbery having being caught by passers-by at the scene.

Police continue to appeal for information about seven other suspects involved in the smash-and-grab robbery in Kingsbury Road, which saw up to £400,000 of jewellery stolen.

According to Met Police , on Monday, September 7 at 2.10pm four mopeds, with two riders wearing crash helmets on each, pulled up on the pavement outside the Jewellery Gallery shop in Kingsbury Road.

Three of the suspects stayed with the vehicles while one stood outside the shop armed with an axe to scare off anyone who might try to intervene.

The rest of the suspects forced their way inside the shop with a large metal ram and used hammers and axes to threaten staff members.

They then smashed all the displays and removed the Indian and Iranian jewellery inside, placing it in large laundry bags.