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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tobi Thomas

UNCOVERED: Diamond thief must pay back 244 after record 4 2m heist - The Untold Story

shop front of Boodles jewellers
The jeweller in New Bond Street, central London, where Lulu Lakatos posed as a gem expert to steal diamonds. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

A woman who stole £4.2m worth of diamonds by swapping them for pebbles has been ordered to pay back less than £250.

Mugshot of a woman with grey hair and wearing black
Lulu Lakatos, in a photo issued by the Metropolitan police. Photograph: AP
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