High-value jewellery stolen in Eastbourne
Items taken include a 12-point star emerald and diamond brooch and an engagement ring
Tens of thousands of pounds worth of high-value jewellery has been stolen during a burglary in Eastbourne.
Items taken from the home in Staveley Road, on March 15, include a 12-point star emerald and diamond brooch, gold rings with sapphires and emeralds and an engagement ring.
Sussex Police has released images in the hopes someone will have seen them for sale online and have conducted house to house enquiries.
Detective Sergeant Jason Hoadley said: “We are releasing the images of the jewellery stolen in the hope that it may help to reunite these items with their rightful owner.
“The items are worth tens of thousands of pounds, but to the owner these items were priceless and irreplaceable.
"They included her engagement ring, and some of the most-treasured items belonged to her late husband, including his signet ring.
“For a thief to have taken these highly personal items is deplorable.
“We want anyone who may have seen the items for sale or online, or anyone who may have witnessed something suspicious in Staveley Road on March 14 to come forward.”
Anyone with any information is asked to report it online or by calling 101, quoting serial 238 of 15/03/2023.