Someone Needs To Take Action, Though...

Paul Carton bought a ring in 2013 that had been owned by the socialite and listed it for sale online last year.

Police were convinced that the 57-year-old had been involved in Britain's biggest ever domestic burglary in December 2019 and undercover officers targeted the driver by posing as prospective buyers.

Why, exactly, were they convinced? 

He said he spent hours bound with handcuffs and plastic ties in his living room as officers bagged up and removed jewellery. Fighting back tears, Mr Carton recalled: 'It was agony, the handcuffs cutting into my hands while I could hear them moving around my house. I still didn't think they were police, I feared for my life. My house was a wreck. The experience has left me so shaken.'

Mr Carton was taken to Weymouth police station and arrested for handling stolen goods and assaulting an emergency worker. He admits that he struck an officer in the face when the group had burst into his home.

Mr Carton said he was told Miss Ecclestone had identified the ring as one stolen in the December 2019 raid on her mansion in Kensington, west London, in which cash and jewels were stolen. The chauffeur said he explained he had bought the ring six years before the burglary, but spent three hours in a cell before being released under investigation.

*sighs* 

Weymouth Police briefing room...

He has since been told no further action will be taken.

That's what they think! 

Mr Carton has made a formal complaint and plans legal action. He said he is yet to receive an apology. His claim for property damaged at his home was rejected as he was 'resisting arrest'.

I hope he wins.