Young shopkeeper tied up in £50,000 jewellery heist

25 Aug 2025 • 12:17 AM MYT
The Independent
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  • Two men, Ints Dombroskis and Hugo Ignats, robbed a shop in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, stealing £50,000 worth of jewellery.
  • The shopkeeper was tied up and threatened with a long-handled axe during the nine-minute ordeal, fearing for her life.
  • Armed police tracked the robbers, completing an enforced stop on the A1 and recovering the stolen items from their possession.
  • Dombroskis and Ignats both pleaded guilty to robbery and were sentenced to seven years and four months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court.
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