Overview

• Officers posing as a wealthy couple in Mayfair wore a genuine £40,000 Rolex Sky-Dweller and a replica Patek Philippe to bait the June 2025 robbery attempt.
• Southwark Crown Court jailed Yakob Harket for two years after his guilty plea and Mohamed Naas for three years after a jury conviction.
• Active arrest warrants remain for alleged co-conspirators Adel Mohamdi and Yanis Amri, who fled the scene during the sting.
• Recorder Jacques Algazy KC condemned the plot as “highly organised crime involving stealing to order” driven by greed rather than need.
• The latest sentences reinforce the Met’s strategy of combining covert decoy tactics with targeted patrols to deter high-value street robberies in luxury districts.