£50m burglary was an inside job, says Bernie Ecclestone

Tamara Ecclestone and her husband Jay Rutland were away in Lapland
Tamara Ecclestone and her husband Jay Rutland were away in Lapland
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Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that a multimillion-pound jewellery burglary at his daughter’s west London home was an inside job.

Security staff for Tamara Ecclestone called police just after 11pm on Friday after three men were seen inside her £70 million home in Kensington. They are said to have escaped with jewellery worth up to £50 million.

The thieves struck a few hours after Ms Ecclestone had boarded a private jet with her husband, Jay Rutland, and their five-year-old daughter, Sophia, for a Christmas holiday in Lapland. The house is said by neighbours to be one of the most closely guarded on the street, with state-of-the-art security systems.

Mr Ecclestone, 89, the former boss of Formula One, told Mail Online: “I don’t have all the