Couple suspected of burglary arrested while having Valentine's Day dinner

Police interrupted a couple’s romantic Valentine’s Day lunch to arrest them on suspicion of burglary.

The man and woman, in their 30s, were sitting down to eat at a top restaurant in Mayfair, central London, when detectives arrived on Friday.

Police were keen to question them about two residential burglaries.

Officers investigating the offences - which saw high-value clothes and handbags stolen from a home in Bruton Lane on 3 February - identified the male suspect on CCTV and tracked back to see he had calmly visited the restaurant in the late morning just minutes before allegedly breaking into the female victim's address.

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They subsequently attended the venue and were informed he had booked a table for two for lunch on Valentine's Day.

Officers from the Westminster burglary squad followed the couple as they strolled to their lunch appointment.

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The man and woman were led outside the venue and into custody at a central London police station at 1.30pm, where they both currently remain.

The man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and the woman on suspicion of handling stolen goods after a designer handbag was seized from her.