Man, aged 26, arrested after attacking flagship jewellery store in Northampton town centre with metal pole

Northamptonshire Police say they were called just before 4pm yesterday (Tuesday, January 31) after a window at Michael Jones Jewellers in Gold Street was smashed by a man with a metal pole.

A police spokeswoman said: "Nothing was stolen and a 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene. He has been released on police bail pending further enquiries."

The jewellers has kept one of its shutters down following the attack.

The store has been attacked multiple times before.

In 2020, Elliot and Connor Burton were convicted of planning a "meticulous, professional" attack on the Gold Street Jewellers in December 2018.

Their complicated and carefully-laid scheme saw a stolen white BMW crash through the glass doors of the store before five masked armed men poured in to steal upwards of £150,000 in high-end watches and jewellery..

In 2011, a bungling gang of jewel thieves hit Michael Jones Jewellers armed with sledgehammers, but they were no match for handbag-wielding hero Ann Timson.

Ann, 71, was hailed as Supergran after video of the retired market trader setting about the gang went viral, earning her a Queen's bravery award.