A 39-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing jewellery worth £37,000 from his estranged wife.

Gurpreet Singh Saini, of Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, the comercial director of an intellectual property firm, is accused of stealing the jewellery belonging to Parmjit Sain at Longridge between June 2013 and August 2014.

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He will stand trial at Preston Crown Court on December 21.