Peer's wife robbed of jewellery

Monday 28 October 1996 00:02 GMT

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Police were last night hunting three masked raiders who escaped with thousands of pounds of jewellery from the mansion of Lord and Lady McGowan after handcuffing the couple to a radiator.

Duncan McGowan, 58, and his wife Gillie, 55, were alone at their mansion near Alton, Hampshire, when the men forced their way in and threatened them with a gun.

The couple watched as their safe was emptied of all Lady McGowan's jewellery - including a brooch, copied from one worn by the Duchess of York. Lady McGowan managed to knock a phone to the floor and dialled 999.

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