Burglar made list of Essex’s 200 richest before targeting stars like Lord Sugar in £1m plot
David Buisson has been jailed for eight years after going on a six-month 'orgy of burglaries in Essex, with Lord Sugar being a victim
THE serial burglar known as the “Essex Spiderman” drew up a list of the 200 richest people in the county as he targeted the likes of Lord Sugar.
David Buisson, 49, targeted some of the richest people in Essex in a six-month “orgy” of burglaries.
Apprentice star Lord Sugar was one of his victims with Buisson stealing watches and jewellery from the peer’s home in Chigwell last year worth £184,000.
David Sullivan, the chairman of West Ham United, is also thought to have been targeted in Buisson’s series of burglaries.
The former helicopter pilot is said to have used Facebook to make a list of the 192 wealthiest people in Essex.
Buisson used to ladder to break into Lord Sugar’s home on June 5 last year.
He then returned the following night in a bid to try to open a safe with a drill.
Buisson pleaded guilty to ten burglaries and two attempted burglaries with Judge Ian Graham handing out an eight year sentence.
The judge said it was difficult to comprehend the reasons behind Buisson’s “orgy of burglaries”.
Buisson though had not been charged with the attempted burglary on Sullivan’s £7.5million home in Theydon Bois which was targeted last year.
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Sullivan had offered a £25,000 reward to find the burglar after someone broke into his home but was scared off when the hi-tech alarm system was triggered.
Basildon Crown Court heard that Buisson targeted isolated mansions at night and was on occasion helped by his nephew Benjamin Buisson, 29, who waited in the getaway car.
Buisson was eventually caught by the National Crime Agency after Buisson had gone on the run in Spain.
Benjamin Buisson, from Ongar, was jailed for two years at an earlier hearing.