That's for religious reasons? I always thought it was to hide those butt ugly, monkey looking women who don't shave.
Assuming that their not Muslim women, this will also be a HATE CRIME against that faith.
These men may have figured that they’d only get a slap on the wrist for robbing a jewelry store of a million lbs., and given the British legal system where 5 years for murder is considered ‘inhumane’ if you’re a politically-protected species, they probably made a reasonable assumption.
But did they factor in the “hate crime” aspect, of DISRESPECTING the attire from a protected class - I think not, and they pay, BIG-TIME, for that transgression.