Mark Cavendish was threatened with a large knife and punched by balaclava-wearing robbers who said they would 'stab him up' in front of his children, court hears on opening day of trial... cycling
, so his wife left the room to investigate the noise, thinking the eldest of her four children had knocked something over.
"One produced a knife and threatened to 'stab him up' in front of his children. Mrs Cavendish was understandably looking after her three-year-old child, keeping him under the duvet to stop him from seeing what was going on." Cavendish was ordered to open a small safe but could not as the batteries had died, something the trial heard prompted more violence before the robbers eventually fled with his watch, another £300,000 Richard Mille timepiece, the safe, three phones and a Louis Vuitton suitcase, none of which have been recovered.
The court also heard phone records showing mobile devices belonging to Henry and Okorosobo were close to the Essex address that night and that the property had been raided a year earlier with many of the couple's belongings stolen.
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