A Romanian fraudster has been jailed for stealing gems and coins worth £24,000 from jewellers by using sleight of hand to trick them.<br /><br />Mircea Rostas, 26, who has convictions for crimes abroad, began his spree within months of arriving in the UK in October 2016.<br /><br />He and an accomplice - who is still at large - targeted eight small jewellery shops around the country, creating an 'air of confusion' to pull off the heists.
