Watch dealer Oliver White took his life a day after he was tied up and put in a headlock while more than 70 watches were robbed from 247 Kettles jewellers in Richmond, south-west London, on May 25.
Jurors were shown CCTV in which a man who cannot be named for legal reasons puts Mr White in a headlock while he is seated on an office chair as another man, allegedly the second defendant, Junior Kunu, puts watches into a blue backpack worn by the man holding Mr White.
The store manager Oliver White, 27, took his own life the next day ‘as a direct result’ of the robbery, in which more than 70 ‘high-value’ watches were taken, prosecutors said.
Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire] Mr White was said to have felt ‘extremely upset’ about the incident, during which he was tied up and put in a headlock.
Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire] Prosecutors said the defendant did not go into the shop during the robbery, but instead organised the use of a stolen Audi as one of two getaway cars.
