Homeowner Googles the suspicious Mercedes-driving Rolex-wearing estate agent who visited to value his property - only to find he had just come out of jail for £300,000 jewellery heist

A homeowner was left shocked after discovering an estate agent who came to value his property was a robber who took part in a £300,000 jewellery heist.

The landlord had called Haart estate agents in Harrow, north-west London, and allowed lettings worker Kane Oye into his home to determine how much the house could be rented for.

But the homeowner then lost Mr Oye's business card and, when he looked him up online, was shocked to discover Oye had recently been jailed for robbery.

It has since emerged that Oye failed to declare his previous conviction when applying for the job and is no longer working for the firm.

Oye was jailed for three years in 2014 following a raid on Bailey & Sons jewellers in Berkhamsted.

During the robbery in May that year, he and another man stole £300,000 of jewellery after using an axe to smash through the shop's displays and causing smoke to billow out of a security device.

Police arrested Oye three days later and later welcomed his jail term for the raid which caused terror in the Hertfordshire town's high street.

But, shortly after his release from jail, Oye landed a job as a 'lettings negotiator' with nationwide estate agency Haart. Despite a report of his sentencing appearing on a local newspaper website along with his police custody shot, he managed to hoodwink bosses over his past.

The homeowner who uncovered his identity told MailOnline: 'He didn't seem like the usual estate agent, he was very cocky and aggressive and confident. I also saw that he was wearing a Rolex, which most estate agents don't wear, and drove a Mercedes.

'He gave me his card, which I lost, but remembered his name so I thought if typed online it would come up. Then I saw he had been jailed for three years over a £300,000 robbery.