Movie star antiques professional who was ‘smashed to bits’ in retailer raid thanks followers for his or her assist

A celeb antiques professional who was attacked by two males with hammers has mentioned he has “recovered very well” and thanked followers for his or her assist.

Ian Towning, 76, mentioned he was significantly better after being “smashed to bits” when attackers focused his retailer in March.

The duo broken property and stole hundreds of kilos value of jewelry in the course of the raid on the Bourbon Hanby Antiques Arcade in Chelsea, west London. Two others, together with a safety guard, had been additionally injured.

Mr Towning, who has appeared as an antiques professional on ITV‘s Dickinson’s Real Deal and Posh Pawn on Channel 4, issued the replace on his situation as he thanked “the 21,000-plus people from around the globe who sent me amazing wishes of ‘get well soon’.”

In a video on his Instagram web page, he mentioned a colleague had been “hit so seriously on his head and had to have stitches” in the course of the assault, and added: “Me, [it] does not matter, I’ve recovered very effectively, smashed to bits, however does not matter.”

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Mr Towning revealed he had now put in a “wonderful security system” at his retailer and guaranteed clients that “all your jewellery that you leave with me is safe and sound”.

He mentioned: “Give us all your support, we need all the support we can get – and we’ve got a lot of it.”

The antiques professional laughed barely as he added: “Lately, individuals have gone ballistic. I do not know why, I feel it is a sympathy factor.

“They’ve been so wonderful and so supportive. I just don’t know how to say thank you”.

Mr Towning first opened his antiques retailer on the Chelsea Antiques Market in 1976 earlier than opening the Bourbon Hanby Arcade in 1997.

The retailer was additionally robbed in 2008, when three males with sledgehammers and a gun left Mr Towning badly injured.