Jewellery stolen in burka raid

Two robbers disguised as Arab women held up a Knightsbridge jewellery shop with a pistol and stole around £200,000 worth of gems.

Staff at Ramot in Sloane Street, which specialises in one-off diamond creations, let in a woman wearing a black burka covering her face, after she rang the doorbell yesterday.

A man, also wearing a burka and a full length traditional Arab robe, followed behind her and immediately pulled out a pistol as he entered the shop, which was opened only four months ago by jewellers Dorit and Boaz Ramot.

The robbers ransacked display cabinets before escaping in a Mercedes.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "It all happened very quickly. Staff at the store were not injured but they were obviously traumatised."