Lord Lucan's Silver Timepiece found

Antiques dealer Cedrick Lincoln, 58, said he bought the silver timepiece from a dealer as part of a £5,000 deal and believes it is further evidence that Lucan, who murdered his children's nanny, fled to Africa after the killing.

The silver watch has a broad leather strap and is engraved with the message: 'Presented to Lord 'Lucky' Lucan - the Old Fossil - by his friends at the Clermont Club, Mayfair, 18 December 1967'.


Mr Lincoln claimed the dealer had bought the watch in South Africa. Photographs show Lucan wearing a similar watch.

Mr Lincoln, who runs Janic antique dealers in Tamworth, Staffs, said: "I went to buy a Rolex Prince from a dealer friend of mine in Birmingham and saw this watch. I offered £5,000 for the pair and bought them."I was told by the seller the watch was purchased from an antiques shop in a South African township."