As we reported on WatchCrime back in January, two men have admitted their involvement in stealing jewellery and watches worth £730,000 in a robbery in Edinburgh.

At the High Court in Glasgow, Elliot Jorgensen, 25, and Anthony Boyd, 26, pled guilty to being involved in the armed raid at the Rox store in January.

In the January hearings, Lincoln Warmington, 26, was also under arrest, but he has since been released. Investigations into his alleged role in the armed robbery continue. Warmington achieved some notoriety earlier in the year by taking a holiday in Marbella, Spain with Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe.

Rox Jewellery Store, Edinburgh

The robbery took just 90 seconds and scooped up expensive items including a £100,000 diamond collar. Staff were threatened with a revolver and an axe, and one female worker was dragged across the shop at gunpoint.
Anthony Boyd (left) and Elliot Jorgensen have pleaded guilty to taking part in the armed raid.

Prosecutor Andrew Brown QC told the court that the robbery was “carefully planned” and “efficiently executed”. Jorgensen, from Salford, was involved in the raid itself with an unknown accomplice, while Boyd, an engineer from Manchester, had a central role in the “organisation” of the robbery, he said.

CCTV footage from the shop shows two armed men rushing into the store at about 17:15. The two female members of staff, sales assistant Samera Afzal, and sales manager Ho Suet So, “immediately froze with fear”, Mr Brown said.
Jorgensen took out a revolver and yelled: “Don’t move.”

His accomplice began smashing the glass cabinets with an axe and filling a rucksack with jewellery. Jorgensen then grabbed Miss Afzal to go with him to another part of the store. Mis Afzal was forced to to take the robber to where the most valuable items were on display. There he grabbed jewellery including a £100,000 diamond collar and another jewel-encrusted bracelet.

Motorbike getaway

Rox manager Katy Lawrence, who was in her office, heard the commotion and pressed a panic alarm. Jorgensen and the other man fled into George Street, yelling and swearing at passers-by “get back”. They escaped from the scene on a black Honda 650 motorbike bike. It was later found dumped at a car park in Edinburgh’s Northumberland Street with its key still in the ignition.

Jorgensen’s DNA was later found on one of the gloves leading to him being detained on 23 January. Police later got hold of CCTV footage of him being handed a large quantity of cash by three men at the San Carlo restaurant in Manchester before his arrest.