Sporting a dark jumper, pants & sensible shoes, he seen carrying a brown briefcase as he spoke to reporters near the property in Holland Park, west London, where crooks reportedly took a whopping £100,000 value of jewelry & money. Police rushed to the luxury house, but the burglars had fled. It’s a huge violation of their privacy. Simon is just relieved in that his family was safe and all right. “That is his one and only concern”. Still, it’s incredibly worrying and he is obviously going to review security and increase it, ‘ the source added.
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The statement did not say who owned the house or who was inside.
It was unclear if the burglar specifically targeted the mansion or if it was a random break in.
Simon Cowell attempted to put a fearless face on his recent burglary during Saturday’s X Factor semi-final, as he jokingly accused Cheryl F-V of reminding him what had happened.
“Simon is preparing for one of the biggest weekends of his year and needs to be completely focussed”.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman says, “Police were called to an address in W14 on Friday, 4 December, at approximately 02:20hrs to reports of a burglary in progress”.
Cowell’s bodyguard was apparently woken up by an alarm being activated at 2.20am, but by that time, the burglar had already left the scene of the crime.
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Cowell has had intruders in his home before an a woman was arrested in 2012 after being discovered inside a walk-in wardrobe.
