Romanian crime gang raided Peppa Pig creator's £10million mansion and stole £65,000 of luxury items after being released from prison

The creator of Peppa Pig has been targeted by a Romanian crime gang who broke into his £10million Surrey mansion and stole £65,000 of luxury items. Radu Dogaru, 41, and Adrian Alempi, 34, raided Mark Baker's 12,500sqft home after he and his wife left at around 7pm on Valentine's Day this year. The couple locked the doors to their home - which boasts a pool, spa complex, cinema and gym - but failed to properly set up the alarm system.When they returned at 8.30pm, they discovered they had been burgled with 15 designer bags, a Rolex watch and jewellery all missing. The duo had entered and exited the home through a first-floor window. They were later seen on CCTV lugging a Louis Vuitton suitcase at Claygate Station in Surrey. Inner London Crown Court heard on Tuesday that Mrs Baker has lived in fear since the break-in and once mistook her husband for a burglar. The judge, Ms Recorder Joanne Cecil, said: 'Mrs Baker said it affected her badly. She didn't want to leave the house in case she came back to find it burgled again.'She has the alarm on all the time now. She said she screamed when her husband came up behind her wearing dark clothes as she thought he was a burglar. Mark Baker, the creator of Peppa Pig, has been targeted by a Romanian crime gang who broke into his £10million Surrey mansion and stole £65,000 of luxury items'The stolen items also have a sentimental value as she has memories of where they were bought and things she has done with them.'Police identified Dogaru and Alempi and put them under surveillance. Three days later, the duo travelled to a large home in Kingston-upon Thames, southwest London. The owner was away in Hungary, but received an alert on his phone from his home security system that his property had been broken into. The pair forced open a safe which contained gold bars, jewellery, cash in dollars, pounds and euros, passports and other items. Recorder Cecil said: 'The victim contacted his neighbours and the police. His neighbour went around to the house and found several drawers open.'He asked him to check on the safe but it had been removed and pieces of wood were lying on the floor.'Dogaru and Alempi were later arrested by police as they boarded a bus. Several items stolen from Mr Baker were found during a subsequent search of Dogaru's home. Radu Dogaru, 41, and Adrian Alempi, 34, raided Mark Baker's 12,500sqft home after he and his wife left at around 7pm on Valentine's Day (Adrian Alempi's mugshot is pictured) Alempi was sentenced to five years, while Dogaru (pictured) was sentenced to four yearsThe court heard the pair were previously jailed in Holland for their roles in one of the world's largest art heists, when works by Monet, Picasso, Gauguin and Lucien Freud were stolen in less than three minutes from Rotterdam's Kunsthal gallery in 2012. The stolen works were Picasso's 1971 Harlequin Head; Monet's 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Matisse's 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow; Paul Gauguin's 1898 Girl in Front of Open Window; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait of around 1890 and Lucien Freud's 2002 work Woman with Eyes Closed.Most of the masterpieces, insured for $24.4million, were never recovered.Dogaru was jailed for six years and eight months in November 2013 while Alempi, also known as Adrian Procop, was jailed for six years and eight months.After serving their sentences, the duo travelled to the UK where they continued their thieving ways, this time targeting wealthy homeowners. They both admitted to two counts of burglary. Alempi also pleaded guilty to illegally entering the UK on February 13 this year, the day before Mr Baker's home was targeted, in breach of a deportation order.He was sentenced to five years, while Dogaru was sentenced to four years in jail. The judge told the pair: 'Both of you have a significant conviction dealt with by Bucharest district court. That theft relates to an offence that took place in 2012, and you were convicted of the offence in 2014. A third member of the burglary gang, Alexandru Tepelus, 33, was handed a suspended sentence and told to complete 200 hours of unpaid work'That related to the considerable theft from an art museum in the Netherlands.'It involved the theft of significant pieces of art, very high profile pieces of art.'The break-in at the museum was not of the most sophistication, but the art stolen was very high-value indeed, potentially priceless.'I've been told there is a desire from both of you to go back to Romania and your families, and no doubt the immigration authorities will be involved in that respect but that's not a matter for this court.'A third member of the burglary gang, Alexandru Tepelus, 33, was handed a suspended sentence and told to complete 200 hours of unpaid work after he admitted to handling stolen goods. This related to a separate incident in which the victim, Amina Bawany, was able to identify the items stolen from her on the Invaluable auction website.She was abroad when her home in Kingston was looted of goods worth £69,000, including a Chanel handbag worth more than £5,000, in 2024. The Invaluable auctioneers' website had received the goods via a firm called Prestige Pawnbrokers, who in turn had received them from Tepelus.The judge said the pawnbrokers' firm also had accounts with Dogaru and Alempi.Dogaru and Alempi have not been charged with burgling Ms Bawany's home.Ms Bawany told the court she 'still feels unsafe' after the theft and suffers from 'anxiety and paranoia in her own home,' especially when alone.