Thief used date rape drug to rob rich men
Jonathan Gardiner
A temptress who lured a wealthy Maida Vale film director back to his flat has been found guilty of drugging him to steal his possessions.
Selina Razack-Hakki fleeced her victim of luxury items worth more than £5,000 after spiking his drink with the date rape drug, rohypnol.
Victim, Alexander Jovy, 34, told Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court last week how he fell for Razack-Hakki's Middle Eastern looks at the exclusive Aura nightclub in Piccadilly.
He then took the 37-year-old back to his one-bedroom flat in Sutherland Avenue in September last year.
"When we arrived she asked me if I had any red wine. I went to the kitchen, opened a bottle and took two glasses into the living room.
"I recall putting the glasses down and going to the bathroom only for two or three minutes. I came back into the living room and started drinking my red wine.
"Soon after the lady suggested we go upstairs into the bedroom at which stage I collapsed onto the floor," Mr Jovy told the court.
He awoke 14 hours later feeling "very, very strange". Razack-Hakki had gone, along with his £5,000 Rolex watch, a Cartier clock, video camera, bottle of champagne and some designer aftershave.
Paddington Green Police examined Mr Jovy after he reported the crime, and found traces of rohypnol in his blood and urine.
Detectives then tracked Razack-Hakki down to her east London home that she shared with her estranged husband, after forensic experts found her DNA on cigarette butts left at the victim's flat.
She was also convicted of preying on banker, Volker Vogler, 38, after meeting him in a hotel bar in Mayfair.
The court heard how the brunette slipped the blue coloured date rape drug into his red wine back at his Knightsbridge flat in May 2002 and urged him to "finish it up" before stealing more than £1,000 worth of valuables, including a Tiffany clock and an Omega watch.
Outside court, Detective Inspector Paul Healy said: "This woman deliberately targeted wealthy men in exclusive bars because they looked as if they would own the sorts of items she wanted to steal from.
"She thought nothing of the consequences that administering a drug such as rohypnol could have on someone.
"Anyone with an allergic reaction could easily have died."
Razack-Hakki, of Gale Street, Bow, was charged in May with two counts of administering a drug with intent to commit theft.
She has been remanded in custody for sentencing on January 17.
jon.gardiner@wood-vale.com
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