Overview

• Masked intruders used heavy hammers and a sledgehammer to force open the front door of the unoccupied Sandbanks property last Friday and ransack it for valuables.
• Security cameras captured the gang searching the gated £5 million villa and making off with Sandra Redknapp’s jewellery alongside other luxury items.
• Detectives believe the burglars planned the operation using the home’s online estate listing to study its layout and confirm it was vacant.
• Police are treating the burglary as part of a series of organised raids targeting high-end residences in the Poole and Sandbanks area, including an attempted break-in on TV designer Celia Sawyer’s home in May.
• The Redknapps have declined to comment on the contents of the theft, noting that it remains a matter for Dorset Police as they await completion of their new waterside villa.