A man has been found guilty of robbing Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of their high-value watches in a knifepoint raid at their home.
Intruders wearing balaclavas broke into their home in Ongar, Essex at about 2.30am on November 27 2021 and threatened to stab the athlete, a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
They took items including two Richard Mille watches with a combined value of £700,000.
Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green, Lewisham, south-east London, denied two counts of robbery but was found guilty on both counts by a majority verdict of 10 jurors to two following 14 hours and 35 minutes of deliberation.
His co-defendant Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, south London, denied two counts of robbery and was cleared by the jury.
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Judge David Turner KC had told the court he would be summing up the trial evidence last Wednesday before sending the jurors out to deliberate their verdicts, with a decision now in.
On Monday morning, the judge had given the majority direction to the jurors. He asked them to continue to try and reach a verdict upon which all 12 jurors agreed, but said he would accept a verdict of 11 jurors to one, or 10 jurors to two.
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