Woman, 47, and son, 29, in court for conspiracy to commit burglary of London home

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﻿A woman and her son have appeared in court charged over the £50m jewellery and cash raid on Tamara Ecclestone’s London home.

Maria Mester, 47, a cleaner, and Emil-Bogdan Savastru, 29, a bar worker, were each charged with conspiracy to commit burglary on 13 December when they appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Saturday.

Savastru, of Bethnal Green, east London, and Mester, of no fixed abode, were ordered to next appear at Isleworth crown court on 28 February.

Police said a 21-year-old man arrested at Stansted airport with Mester on Friday had been released under investigation, as had a 31-year-old man arrested in east London on Thursday.

Savastru was detained at Heathrow airport on Thursday afternoon on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary and money laundering.

The Metropolitian police said the arrests were in relation to the burglary in Palace Green, Kensington, in which all of Ecclestone’s jewellery was reportedly taken. Security at the building, next to Hyde Park, had alerted police to the incident.

Ecclestone was left “angry and shaken” by the incident, according to her father, Bernie, the former Formula One boss.



