Kvinnlig livvakt stal diamanter från Sultanen av Bruneis exfru

Livvakten stal juveler och ersatte dem med falska, som hon gjort själv.

Sultanen av Bruneis exhustru Mariam Aziz juveler Tjuven var hennes egen livvakt.

Den kvinnliga livvakten, Fatimah Lim, 35, nekar till anklagelserna. Hon misstänks ha stulit diamanter för 120 miljoner kronor som hon ersatt med falska. Lim sägs ha tagit juvelerna för att betala sina spelskulder.

Hon anklagas för att ha stulit en päronformad blå diamant värd 760 miljoner  och en rektangulär, gul diamant värd 6 miljoner och ett 30-miljoners armband i gnistrande briljanter.

Lim blev tagen på bra gärning när Miss Aziz bad henne att hämta armbandet. Lim hade fått förtroendet att hålla smycket i säkert förvar. Men i stället för att skydda juvelerna, stal hon dem.

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The Sultan, one of the world’s richest men, and Mrs Aziz, a former airline stewardess who is of Bruneian, Japanese and Scottish ancestry, had four children during their 21 years of marriage.

Gareth Patterson, prosecuting, said: “The prosecution case is that this defendant breached the trust that was placed in her by her employer, Miss Aziz.

“These three items were a diamond bracelet, a large yellow coloured diamond and a large blue coloured diamond.

“It appears that the defendant may have decided to sell these diamonds, because she – the defendant – had been gambling and needed to clear her debts.”

Isleworth Crown Court heard that after stealing the gems, Lim took them to a jeweller in Hatton Garden to sell, claiming they been a gift from Miss Aziz to her mother, who she claimed had been a PA to the sultan’s former wife.

Jurors heard Lim started working for Miss Aziz in 2003 firstly as a badminton coach, but that her role eventually evolved to that of a personal assistant and bodyguard to the mother-of-four.

In her capacity she travelled between her boss’s houses in Singapore, or Brunei, or in London.

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