Hunting the Rolex Rippers

BBC Three HD

11:00 PM to 11:30 PM

Tuesday 26 November

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The search for the gang of thieves known for stalking celebrities on social media and targeting those with expensive watches. Journalist Tir Dhondy gets access, for the first time ever, to the gang members behind the crime. She meets the teenage moped riders snatching watches off the street, as well as a gang leader who runs a team of teenage watch rippers and female watch spotters. Tir also comes face-to-face with the 16-year-old who used a machete to steal singer Aled Jones' £17,000 Rolex in broad daylight