Serial burglar who forced Raheem Sterling to quit World Cup after robbing his mansion is jailed for 13 years
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A BURGLAR who broke into Raheem Sterling’s mansion forcing him to fly home from the World Cup has been jailed.
Emiliano Krosi, 24, carried out 33 burglaries, including the raid on the England star’s home on December 3, 2022.
He was part of a gang that used a ladder in the rear garden to climb through Arsenal ace Sterling’s bedroom window and steal ten of his Rolex watches.
An estimated £300,000 of designer gear was taken from the footballer’s £7million home in Oxshott, Surrey.
Albanian Krosi, who travelled illegally to the UK in the back of a lorry, previously admitted to being involved in 15 of the burglaries.
But yesterday at Guilford crown court Judge Catherine Hartley ruled he was involved in the remaining 18 break-ins.
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She sentenced him to a total of 12 years and ten months in prison.
She said: “You are a dishonest and greedy man who willingly and enthusiastically took part in what was a familial, criminal gang.
“Your greed and your criminality has resulted in a huge toll of human misery.”
His offending took place while on bail after being caught with cocaine and cannabis on a train from London Euston to Coventry.
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Krosi, from Southend, Essex, was sentenced to 19 months for possession with intent to supply which will run consecutively to the sentence for burglary.
Surrey Police continue to hunt for his dad Alfred Isufi, 48, uncle Henri Osman, 44, and 22-year-old cousin Gerard Kalaja, who are all believed to have fled the UK.
They are suspected of being part of the gang which raided houses across the Home Counties from November 2022 to March 2023.
Other victims included ex-Crystal Palace player Scott Dann and Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella, whose home was targeted days before his then team-mate Sterling’s.
PC Katherine Stevens, from Surrey Police, said: “Krosi was extremely methodical and organised in his targeting of homes, with the sole aim to make as much money as possible off the back of other people.”
