A man has been found guilty of robbing Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of high-value watches in a raid where a Rambo knife was held to the athlete's throat.

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into Cavendish's home in Ongar in Essex as he slept upstairs with his wife Peta, a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court was told.

Two Richard Mille watches, valued at £400,000 and £300,000, were among the items taken in the raid, at around 2.30am on November 27, 2021.

Romario Henry, 31, from 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, from Camberwell, south London, denied two counts of robbery and was cleared by the jury.

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