?000 jewel robbery at Southwark . Shop assistant in fight with raider . A man walked into the shop of Barnett ' s jewellers of St Georges Circus , Southwark , asked to see some expensive rings , grabbed the case and escaped with the jewellery valued at more than ?000 . John Francis , an assistant , closed with the theif , who escaped after a fight in a car waiting outside . John Francis , the assistant , who grappled with the raider . 27 September 1932