Shocking hammer attack on TV antiques expert Ian Towning caught on CCTV

This is the shocking moment a TV antiques expert was smashed in the head with a “clawhammer” during a robbery at his Chelsea jewellery store.

James Dixon, 43, and Thomas Loring, 41, targeted Bourbon Hanbury, owned by Ian Towning during a “campaign of burglaries in the Greater London area between March and June 2024”, a court heard.

The pair stole up to £365,000 worth of antiques and jewellery from the store. Mr Towning – who has appeared on Dickinson’s Real Deal on ITV, and Channel 4’s Posh Pawn. — was struck multiple times with a hammer.

Dixon was handed a 17-year extended prison sentence and Loring a 14-year prison sentence.