A masked gang raided Harry Redknapp’s £5million Dorset mansion and stole his wife’s jewellery, while police have launched a manhunt to find the thieves.
The former Premier League manager and his wife Sandra, both 78, were out when a gang broke into their home last Friday, The Sun reports.
The hammer-clad gang allegedly took jewellery belonging to Sandra, as well as other luxury items.
A source told The Sun: ‘It was clearly organised. The raiders must have known the house was empty.’
It is feared that the thugs may have checked out the layout of the house, which is understood to be for sale, on a property website ad.
The house is located near Dorset beach resort Sandbanks, where properties are among the most expensive in the world per square foot.
The thieves, who were brandishing lump hammers and a sledgehammer to break the front door open, were captured on CCTV scouring through the property.
‘They were caught on CCTV cameras breaking in and trying to ransack the property looking for valuables’, the source added.
A hammer-clad gang reportedly raided Harry Redknapp’s £5m mansion. Pictured: Harry Redknapp and Sandra Harris attend the Sky TV, Up Next Event at Tate Modern on February 12, 2020 in London, England
The hammer-clad gang allegedly took jewellery belonging to Sandra, as well as other luxury items
The Sandbanks peninsula where the couple call home (stock)
‘It was clearly organised and they must have known the house was empty at the time.’
Harry was reportedly attending a function on the night of the break-in, while Sandra was in London.
Cops confirmed yesterday they were still hunting down the thieves.
Daily Mail has approached Harry’s representatives and Dorset Police for comment.
The property is currently on sale, while the couple’s new seaside villa at Sandbanks is completed.
They moved into their current home in 2021 after a lack of privacy.
The former Tottenham and West Ham manager and his wife splashed out on their new waterside home on the exclusive peninsula and replaced the six bedroom detached house with a luxury three-storey villa built in ‘a traditional Italianate architectural style’.
Harry and his wife have owned homes on spectacularly expensive Sandbanks or in Poole for over two decades.
They bought one of the finest homes on Sandbanks – a mock Tudor mansion overlooking the entrance to the harbour – for £3m in 2001.
Harry and Sandra are said to have sold the property for £6.9m in 2015 and moved to a brand new £4m mansion five bedroom beach-side property just around the corner.
They reportedly left the modern glass-fronted property on Sandbanks because they wanted more privacy after getting fed up with tourists staring at their home.