article_snippet.sent: A housekeeper who stole antiques and art treasures worth £500,000 – including a work by Picasso – from a wealthy countess was yesterday warned Kim Roberts was facing a lengthy jail term.
article_snippet.sent: Kim Roberts admitted to stealing the precious paintings, vases and silverware from Dowager Countess Bathurst’s Cirencester mansion and Dowager Countess Bathurst’s Cirencester London home.
article_snippet.sent: The 58-year-old worked for the countess, 87, and helped Kim Roberts to the riches, which included a sketch by Picasso and pewter plates, Gloucester Crown Court heard.
article_snippet.sent: Kim Roberts (left) admitted stealing antiques and paintings from Kim Roberts employer, the Countess of Bathurst (right)
article_snippet.sent: Roberts, of Colyton, Devon, yesterday admitted three charges she had previously denied – including burgling the countess’s Kensington home in Lennox Gardens, where the average asking price is more than £4million.
article_snippet.sent: Roberts admitted stealing antique vases between May and August in 2013 and stealing a 4x4 Volvo XC90 – worth at least £45,000 – from Roberts previous employer interior designer Emily Olympitis in October 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Roberts also admitted fraud after dishonestly telling a domestic household staff recruitment agency that Roberts was born in 1958.
article_snippet.sent: At a hearing last year, Roberts admitted stealing art and antiques belonging to the countess between April and May 2013.
article_snippet.sent: But Roberts had claimed Roberts was guilty only because the property was put in Roberts car by mistake.
article_snippet.sent: Roberts was told to prepare for a stretch in prison after her barrister Simon Burns admitted stealing antiques and paintings from the Countess of Bathurst .
article_snippet.sent: Roberts did deny three charges yesterday, including stealing antique silver hairbrushes from Lady Juliet Worsley, and another theft of items including a television and a DVD player.
article_snippet.sent: Roberts also denied possession of stolen property including a Mont Blanc pen, items of clothing and several accessories.
highlights_snippet.sent: Kim Roberts admitted stealing antiques and Picasso sketch from Kim Roberts country home .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Kim Roberts confessed to taking antique vases, a car and committing fraud .
  