I met Neil Mutter, of AE Mutter jewellers in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, at 6am this morning, as he was arriving at his shop to survey the damage from last night’s riot. The business was set up by a great-great uncle in 1884 and has been at its current premises for more than 50 years. He estimates the stock lost last night had a retail value of £75,000. Neil was finding his own jewellery boxes 500 metres away when he parked his car. Despite what he discovered, he was quite philosophical – humorous even – about what had happened. I hope he manages to get his insurance to pay out for his lost stock.
