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Swedish author had watch snatched within hours of visiting London by Algerian migrant, who was arrested under a lorry leaving the UK for France with numerous timepieces, court hears
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Swedish author Benny Holmberg had only been in the UK for five hours and was visiting London when Algerian migrant Ismail Ladjali robbed him of his £6,000 Hublot watch, on April 3.