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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Moment Faberge egg stolen from pubgoer’s handbag caught on CCTV

  • CCTV footage captured a thief stealing a bag containing a Faberge egg and watch set valued at £2.2m from a London pub.
  • The incident occurred on 7 November 2024, at the Dog and Duck pub in Soho, where Enzo Conticello took the bag belonging to Rosie Dawson.
  • The stolen bag, a £1,600 Givenchy item, held an emerald-encrusted Faberge egg and watch belonging to Ms Dawson's employers, the Craft Irish Whiskey Company.
  • Conticello, 29, admitted he saw the bag as "easy money" and intended to sell its contents to buy drugs.
  • On Thursday, 9 April, Conticello was sentenced to two years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of theft and three charges of fraud by false representation.

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