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Bruised but back on the job ‘Harold the Jewellery Buyer’ attacked. Suspect in the heist made no attempt to disguise himself and was caught on surveillance camera
Harold Gerstel, known from his TV ads as “Harold the Jewellery Buyer,” is back at work after being pistol-whipped during a robbery at his Bathurst Street store on Friday afternoon. “I’ve got a headache,” said Gerstel, who sported a purple left eye and wounds to the left side of his head that needed between 10 and 20 stitches and staples. “My head was completely split open. But apparently nothing permanent happened. But it was a close call and I’m kind of lucky to be here today. But I’ll be OK in a few days.” Gerstel has known danger before. He has been robbed several times, and his previous shop was destroyed in an arson attack that remains unsolved.
Gerstel wants to put up a reward of up to $50,000 to get information into that arson, which happened in December 2010. His store relocated after the fire. This is the first time he has been attacked personally. But he wasn’t going to allow these injuries to keep him from the business he has known for 30 years. He was back on the job Sunday. Gerstel suddenly breaks off an interview with a reporter when a customer comes through the heavily barred doors. “Sorry, business first,” Gerstel says to the reporter as he walks over to examine a ring. “How much do you want?” During the course of the interview, his cellphone keeps going off as word spreads about his attack. Gerstel said he had seen his assailant earlier in the week. The man left some diamond rings on loan. He had also left his name. Looking back, the act “was a bit bizarre,” Gerstel says. On Saturday, Khan Facey was charged with robbery while armed with a firearm, aggravated assault and careless storage of a firearm. torstar news service
Harold Gerstel was back at his jewelry store on Bathurst Street Tuesday after being pistol-whipped by an attacker on Friday. Curtis Rush/Torstar news service
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