Brutal Rolex Ripper Gang Jailed After Mayfair Attacks!

Rolex Rippers” jailed after savage Mayfair ambushes—luxury watch gang used brutal violence to snatch designer timepieces in a high-end West End robbery spree.“Rolex Rippers” jailed after savage Mayfair ambushes—luxury watch gang used brutal violence to snatch designer timepieces in a high-end West End robbery spree.

Two men responsible for a string of violent and calculated robberies targeting high-end watches in London’s West End have been jailed for a combined total of 19 years, following sentencing at Southwark Crown Court.

Tedros Haile, 35, and Mahad Jammeh, 24, were convicted for their roles in a series of aggressive, orchestrated attacks which unfolded over the course of a single day in June 2023. Their primary objective was the theft of luxury timepieces, carried out with disturbing precision and force in some of the capital’s busiest streets.

The pair, along with a third man still awaiting sentence, first struck on 25 June outside the Rolls Royce showroom on Stratton Street, Mayfair. Their victim, Michail Rivas, was approached by the masked group after they exited a white BMW. Rivas, who was wearing a Mido Baroncelli Moonphase Chronograph valued at £1,000, was swiftly surrounded. His watch was forcibly removed during the encounter, and the assailants made a rapid departure in the same getaway vehicle.

Mr Rivas later told the court that while the monetary value of the watch was not excessive, the item held significant sentimental importance. However, the court was not invited to dwell on emotional impact, with sentencing focused firmly on the violent nature and calculated execution of the offences.

Later that same evening, the group turned their attention to two further victims, Mark Jackson and Oliver Wragg, in nearby Brewer Street. Both men had been out in central London following a football match and were wearing visible, designer watches. The attack began with Mr Jackson being struck on the back of the head with a hard object before sustaining multiple full-force punches. He recalled hearing one of the assailants instructing another to “get his watch” while another made a chilling remark to “stab him in the face”. At the same time, Mr Wragg was dragged into a chokehold and handed over his £600 Audemars Piguet replica without further resistance. The robbers again fled in the white BMW used earlier.

Jammeh, of Welch House, Beaconsfield Road, Enfield, was no stranger to the dock. The court heard he had amassed eleven previous convictions for robbery, the first dating back to when he was just 15. Haile, of Guinness Trust Buildings, Fulham Palace Road, was already in breach of a suspended sentence for a prior burglary involving an unlawful entry into a residential flat occupied by a female resident at the time.