US EditionMan sentenced after trying to break into Anya Taylor-Joy's bedroom during burglary
Kirk Holdrick pleaded guilty to burglary after attempting to enter Anya Taylor-Joy's bedroom in a February 2023 London break-in that prosecutors said targeted the celebrity couple.
- Woolwich Crown Court handed Kirk Holdrick, 43, a three-year sentence on Dec. 12 for the London burglary involving actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
- Prosecutors wrote in sentencing documents that they believe the raid targeted the celebrity occupants, as the burglars headed for the bedroom rather than valuables, suggesting a deliberate target of Taylor-Joy and her husband.
- Forensic investigators found DNA on the back door and shoe prints outside the bedroom door linked to Kirk Holdrick, who was arrested on April 18, 2023.
- The CPS argued the case should proceed because the couple told police they were traumatised and feared being targeted again in the future.
- The follow-up Sandbanks raid yielded about 200,000 and left a trail of DNA linking suspects, including Ashley Fulton, to the scene.
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s bedroom intruder gets prison sentence
An armed robber who smashed into a luxury London home where Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy was staying and tried to force his way into the actor’s bedroom with a crowbar was sentenced to three years in prison, officials said Wednesday, Feb. 4. Prosecutors said that the way Kirk Holdrick and another masked man tried to get into the star’s bedroom, rather than steal expensive items in the house, suggested they intended to target Taylor-Joy and her…
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy (Miami, 29) was with her husband, musician Malcolm McRae, at her mansion in London when two masked robbers broke into her home at about one in the morning. It was February 12, 2023, and the couple reacted quickly by digging into her bedroom during the armed robbery, according to the prosecution to the Wood Green Crown Court Court in London. Thieves tried to open the door of the room until McRae shouted “I have a gun” and …
Burglar who tried to smash his way into Anya Taylor-Joy’s bedroom jailed for 3 years
An armed robber who smashed into a luxury London home where Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy was staying and tried to force his way into the actor’s bedroom with a crowbar was sentenced to three years in prison, officials said Wednesday.
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