Three men who robbed an A-list fashion designer of his £170,000 diamond encrusted watch as he smoked a cigar outside a Mayfair restaurant have been jailed.
Catalin Botezatu had major cancer surgery on his heart and feared for his life when he was attacked by Moroccans Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Abdel El Habchi, 30, outside the Latin American restaurant Amazonico in Berkeley Square on January 28.
The fashion designer, who has worked for Versace, was restrained by the pair while Algerian Younes Djoudi, 34, ripped the Richard Mille from his wrist.
Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said at Southwark Crown Court: ‘At the time of the robbery he felt alarmed
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