Emile-Bogdan Savastru Wiki
Emile-Bogdan Savastru Biography
Who is Emile-Bogdan Savastru?
Emile-Bogdan Savastru, 31, was arrested at Heathrow with stolen Louis Vuitton luggage during the £25m ‘Robbery of the Century’ at the socialite’s ‘Billionaire’s Row’ Kensington home.
Savastru also had Frank Lampard’s Tag Heuer smartwatch which was seized in a raid on the Everton boss’s home by an Eastern European criminal gang.
However, Savastru, along with her mother, sex worker Maria Mester, 47, security worker Sorin Marcovici, 53, and Alexandru Stan, 49, were acquitted by a jury of being part of the support team for the three thieves behind the raid on the Ecclestone mansion. .
Instead, he was convicted of having custody or control of a counterfeit note following a trial at Isleworth Crown Court last December.
Today, Savastru, from Stepney, was jailed for 11 months but was immediately released as he served time on remand.
Investigation
Police also recovered a novelty gun that can be loaded with banknotes to spray your friends with cash.
Savastru’s attorney, Adam Kane, said the gun was a popular accessory at Japanese strip clubs where Savastru had just returned from a vacation.
In January 2021 he was jailed for six months for tampering with the bag and watch, but was released after spending nearly a year inside while awaiting trial in connection with the Ecclestone raid.
Sentencing him on the counterfeit money charge, Judge Martin Edmunds QC told him: ‘The circumstances of his conviction were that in January 2020 he was planning to fly to Japan.
In his suitcase there were notes that the jury considered false, within the meaning of the act.
There was a party gun, but none of these notes would fit in it. Whatever his personal intentions, I deny that these notes were for party purposes.
Someone had more in mind than a party. Any distribution, whether at a party or not, would probably get them into circulation.
“Obviously they weren’t the most sophisticated copies, but they were reasonably capable of passing as genuine.”
Detective Constable Andrew Payne, who led the counterfeit money investigation, said: “Our proactive operation means we have been able to remove a significant number of counterfeit notes from circulation. These notes would no doubt have been used to commit further crimes across the UK.
“This successful prosecution relied heavily on the close collaboration between the Met and the Bank of England, leaving little doubt that Savastru was guilty of these offences.
‘Fake currency in the UK harms the economy and has a real and significant impact on businesses that unknowingly take possession of it. As this indictment shows, we will take action against anyone who engages in this type of crime.’
Jugoslav Jovanovic, 24, carried out the Ecclestone heist with expert jewel thieves Alessandro Maltese, 45, known as the ‘Pink Panther’, and Alessandro Donati, 44.
They also raided the home of Aston Villa boss Lampard and his wife Christine, and a Knightsbridge property owned by late Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
The thieves managed to break into a secure ‘vault’ at Ecclestone’s home and cleared out a jewelry cabinet complete with 450 items.
Last November, Jovanovic was jailed for 11 years, while Maltese and Donati were each sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison last November.
Savastru had told the jury that he thought the stolen watch and purse were “tokens of thanks” left for him by the thieves.
He said he Googled “London robberies” a week after the raids because he was suspicious of the origin of the Louis Vuitton watch and bags.
