Hip hop rapper Lil' Kim has recovered two pieces of custom-made jewellery which were stolen while she was travelling through New York's John F Kennedy Airport last week.

Lil' Kim - whose real name is Kimberly Jones - was reportedly carrying more than GBP300,000 worth of jewellery in a bag, which she planned to take on the flight to Los Angeles as hand luggage. However, the bag got mixed up with her other cases and ended up being placed in the aircraft's hold. The 27-year-old realised the mistake as the flight was preparing to depart and raised the alarm, which resulted in the flight being delayed.

Staff recovered the bag, which appeared to have been tampered with, and two necklaces worth GBP150,000 were missing. However, the necklaces were recovered on Friday (27 June) after a United Airlines worker found them wrapped inside a rag in a locker room for airline employees.