Daughter of former Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti 'screamed in terror' when raiders broke into home

Carlo Ancelotti stood on the sidelines of an Everton game.
Carlo Ancelotti's home was raided by gang when his teenage daughter was home alone. Credit: Liverpool Echo

The teenage daughter of Carlo Ancelotti screamed in horror when she found a group of masked men inside the former Everton manager's home, a court has heard.

The "team of highly-organised, professional burglars" targeted the now Real Madrid boss' address on 12 February 2021, while he was still in charge at Goodison Park.

They were discovered by Ancelotti's young daughter after the two men entered via the first-floor balcony at around 6.30pm, Liverpool Crown Court was told.A quantity of jewellery, a designer leather bag worth £2,000, and several credit cards were stuffed into a pillowcase and taken during the incident in Crosby, Merseyside.

Now the burglars who targeted the exclusive properties across the North West and North Wales have been jailed for a total of more than 20 years.

Shaun Rimmer was one of the gang's ring leaders Credit: Liverpool Echo

Shaun Rimmer and Adam Hastings, from Netherton, Liverpool, led the gang who also raided houses where firearms including shotguns were kept - hoping to steal the guns to sell on, Michael Scholes, prosecuting, said.

In other break-ins they stole the ashes of a family pet, and a fireman's MBE.

They and fellow burglar Callum Martin, of Bootle, also ransacked dozens of secluded homes to steal up to tens of thousands of pounds of jewellery at a time.

Adam Hastings was jailed for his part in leading the raids Credit: Liverpool Echo

The break-ins were committed between January and April 2021 across Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales.

Rimmer, 29, admitted conspiracy to commit burglary, three counts of possession of a shotgun without a certificate and theft of a motor vehicle.

He was jailed for eight years and nine months, to be served consecutively to an eight-year sentence imposed in Scotland earlier this year after he killed a much-loved nurse.

Rimmer fatally struck father-of-three Simon Musabayana at speed while behind the wheel of a stolen car, before driving off with a shattered and bloodstained windscreen, in August 2021.

Hastings, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and three counts of possession of a shotgun without a certificate. He was handed 10 years and nine months.Martin admitted conspiracy to commit burglary and three counts of possession of a shotgun without a certificate.

The 33-year-old was jailed for four years and five months.

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