Thug, 31, guilty of robbing Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta after stealing 700,000 of watches

An armed criminal was today convicted of robbing Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of 700,000 of watches after threatening to stab the Olympic cyclist.

Romario Henry, 31, has been found guilty in a knifepoint raid at their homein November 2021 at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Cavendish, 37, had been asleep with his wife Peta when balaclava-clad burglars broke into their home in the Ongar area of Essex at around 2.30am and threatened to stab him.

They took items including two Richard Mille watches valued at 400,000 and 300,000, as well as two phone, a safe and Louis Vuitton suitcase

Henry, 31, of Lewisham, south-east London, denied two counts of robbery but was found guilty on both counts by a majority verdict of 10 jurors to two following 14 hours and 35 minutes of deliberation.

His co-defendant Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, of Camberwell, south London, denied two counts of robbery and was cleared by the jury.

Okorosobo, who held his head in his hands as he was cleared, had earlier told jurors that he was stabbed in the leg on September 16, 2021 - months prior to the robbery.