Romanian immigrant steals £24k of goods from jewellery store using hand trick

A Romanian fraudster, who used sleight-of-hand magic tricks so steal jewellery worth £24,000 fro under the noses of shopkeepers, has been jailed.

Mircea Rostas, 26, who has conviction for crimes abroad, began a theft spree within months of arriving in the UK in October last year.

He targeted eight small jewellery shops around the country with an accomplice, who is still at large, between January and April this year.