Balloon seen in the sky with diamond

A hopeless romantic saw his engagement plans vanish into thin air – after a balloon containing a £6,000 diamond ring was blown away.

Luckless Lefkos Hajji wanted to surprise girlfriend Leanne, 26 – so he told a florist to put the sparkler inside a helium balloon.

But as he left the shop a gust pulled it from his hand and the balloon soared into the sky. The floor fitter spent two hours chasing the balloon in his car – but eventually gave up hope.



Lefkos, of Hackney, East London, said: “I had been planning the proposal for ages. “I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question. But I had to tell her the story – she went absolutely mad.

“Now she’s refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring.”

Florist Helen Savva, of Cockfosters, North London, who put the ring in the balloon, said: “I thought he was taking a risk. I said, ‘I hope you hold on to it’.”