Three Jailed for 'Brazen' £1m Smash-and-Grab Robberies Across London's West End

Max Tyson, 26, and Ryan Brough, 34, were each sentenced to three years and four months in prison at Inner London Crown Court after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary. A third man, Harry Johnson, 25, received one year and ten months after pleading guilty to handling stolen goods. Two further men received suspended sentences for related offences. Over a three-month period from November 2025 to January 2026, the group used stolen vehicles to smash through the frontages of high-end fashion stores in some of London's most exclusive shopping streets — including YSL on Bond Street, Bottega Veneta and Loro Piana on Sloane Street, and End on Broadwick Street in Soho. Police said the combined cost of damage to shops and stolen items exceeded £1 million. Investigators found messages showing that Tyson once sold stolen goods worth more than £30,000 for just £1,800. The case was described by police as a string of 'brazen' offences that damaged some of the West End's most prominent retail destinations.