Chelsea star John Terry sells £ 5.5m Surrey mansion

Chelsea footballer John Terry and his wife Toni sell their Surrey mansion for £ 5.5 million after being traumatized by burglars defecating at the foot of their bed in a £ 400,000 raid.

Their family home was targeted and robbed by four Arsenal fans in February 2017 after John, 39, shared an Instagram photo of the family’s ski vacation.

A family friend told The Sun, “The house is reminiscent of a horror night that they want to take back to the past. The fact that one of the men had left John a dirty protest at the end of the bed particularly upset them.

“Poor Toni couldn’t ignore the picture. They started looking for a new home right away.

The six-bedroom house has a swimming pool and outdoor kitchen and John paid £ 2.5 million for it.

Darren Eastaugh, 30, Joshua Sumer, 27, Roy Head, 28, and Oliver Hart, 25, pleaded guilty to a plot to commit a burglary between February 1 and March 27.

The plot involved seven burglaries in Surrey and Sussex earlier this year, with a total loss of £ 600,000. All four were imprisoned for a total of 27 years and 11 months at Kingston Crown Court.

A fifth man, Kye Hardy-King, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge of handling stolen property when part of the stolen property was found at his home. The police were able to find them using the DNA from the excrement left behind.

They struck after the footballer posed for photos on the slopes of the French Alps with his wife Toni, 37, boasting to his 3.4 million followers that he spent “ great days skiing with family ”

But while the couple happily shared photos and videos of their lavish vacation, they didn’t realize the messages had caught the attention of a ruthless gang of prolific burglars.

Men spent hours ransacking the property, swiping designer handbags worth £ 126,000 and rare signed first edition Harry Potter books worth £ 18,000.

Referring to Terry’s burglary, judge Susan Tapping said: “ It could be a mistake to post a family photo on social media to show that he was absent on vacation.

“As a result, her home was deliberately targeted and the master bedroom was ransacked.

“They spent some time looking for things to steal. Unhappy with the original transport, they returned with a third man and an angle grinder determined to enter the safe.

Sentencing them at the time, the judge said: “ Over a period of about a month earlier this year, four of the accused, along with others unidentified, embarked on a series of carefully planned burglaries.

“While police surveillance was in place, some accused were seen spending time looking for suitable homes to target.

“Large single-family homes were only considered because of the hope that high-value luxury goods would be available.

“In fact, it was a very successful campaign and in seven burglaries, £ 600,000 of luxury items were stolen. Four of the accused are experienced, if not professional, burglars. “

She said the gang took nearly £ 400,000 in stolen or damaged items from the seven burglaries, which was “ the most profitable ”, and none of the items were recovered.

Not all of the burglaries were by night, and some were perpetrated while someone was in the house, including a recently widowed woman who found one in her kitchen.

The court learned that she now felt “nervous and isolated in her own home”.