Cheryl & Ashley Cole

Cheryl & Ashley Cole

After news broke yesterday that Cheryl Cole had been swanning about without either of her TWO diamond wedding rings on, local thieves jumped at the chance to make a quick buck.

With Cheryl out of the country and Ashley in bed, the robbers were beard trying to force the window on the couples martial home at around 4.30am, prompting Ashley to get on the blower to the police.

By the time the boys in blue arrived on the scene, the would-be thieves had vanished, but had they made it into the house, they were probably on the hunt for Cheryl’s sparklers, one bought for Cheryl's wedding to Ashley and the other as a gift following the first allegations that he cheated.

The pair of rings are thought to be worth over £310,000, and there is fear that the thieves were tipped off by somebody within the Cole camp, as police say it can't be a coincidence that they struck when both Cheryl and Ashley were scheduled to be away, it was only by luck that Ashley was there at all.

FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison