Burglars seized a booty worth 500,000 pounds (587,000 euros) in the London home of French footballer Mamadou Sakho, who plays in the Premier League in England, the London daily Evening Standard reported on Friday.
" Everything is OK. Me and my wife, we're ok, "said 29-year-old Mamadou Sakho to the newspaper, according to which the French defender and international player at Crystal Palace is renting his house to ex-French player Nicolas Anelka. London police released a photo of a woman they want to speak to on Wednesday following a burglary on December 27 in the wealthy Wimbledon district, southwest of the British capital.
A district of London particularly targeted in recent years
"We believe that two suspects committed this burglary, but we would like to speak to the woman photographed, who was seen near the place on the day of the incident," said police, who did not identify the victims of the incident. flight. According to the Evening Standard, it is Mamadou Sakho and his wife, who were absent with their three children during the burglary, which took place at midday.
The area has been targeted by several burglaries in recent years, including Astrit Kapaj, a virtuoso burglar nicknamed "Wimbledon prowler" by the press and finally sentenced in 2019 to fourteen years in prison after escaping from the police for many years. He had notably entered the home of former tennis player Boris Becker as well as the house of Anelka while the latter was present, according to the press.
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