Brother guilty of serial muggings

The brothers were warned they could face life in prison

One of two brothers accused of targeting lone women during a string of "strangulation robberies" has been found guilty of seven violent muggings.

But Matthew Mykoo, 27, from Willesden, north-west London, was cleared of attacking fashion designer Nicole Farhi, Wood Green Crown Court heard.

He was cleared of eight counts of robbery and pleaded guilty to two.

His brother Daniel Mykoo, of Fulham, south-west London, admitted 18 counts of robbery and of attacking Ms Farhi.

The pair will be sentenced together at a two-day hearing next month.

The jury heard that the brothers followed their victims before robbing them of jewellery and money, with Daniel Mykoo, 28, attacking from behind and his brother snatching their valuables.

Addressing Matthew Mykoo in court, Judge Nicholas Browne QC said: "I warn you now in very clear terms that the sentence which I impose on you in late July will be measured in many years.

"Today I do not rule out for you a life sentence.

"I warn you in very clear terms that an indeterminate sentence for public protection is virtually inevitable, bearing in mind the numbers and the fact that these robberies were of the most serious type I have ever encountered."

They struck in areas including Hampstead, St John's Wood, Ladbroke Grove and Chelsea.

Ms Farhi was attacked as she went to open the front door of her Hampstead home in April last year.