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Burka robbers raid jewellery shop

4:23pm Tuesday 25th August 2009 in


Armed robbers - including one wearing a burka - raided a Banbury jewellery shop for the second time in five months stealing £150,000 of expensive watches.

Three men, one believed to have a handgun and another an axe, threatened staff at Michael Jones, in High Street, at 2.20pm today.

The men, all believed to be Asian, escaped in a waiting black Audi estate car in the direction of Broad Street.

The car was later found abandoned in Western Crescent, in the High Town Road area of Banbury.

The other men were all wearing dark clothing and had their faces covered.

Comments(9)

rickenback says...
4:36pm Tue 25 Aug 09

brown has opened our doors,all thinking how to rob places.bit stupid.moterbikes and bukkas ,disguises funny.dna,welcome to 2009?

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rickenback says...
4:58pm Tue 25 Aug 09

if we insisted people come here give d.n.a.sample then they might think twice robbing and doing crazy things ?gov mistake!

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bigaldublin says...
6:34pm Tue 25 Aug 09

That's not a comment, that's a stream of (un)conciousness rickenback

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kelbun says...
6:49pm Tue 25 Aug 09

Police in Bedfordshire have issued CCTV of robbers who wore black burkas to steal money from two travel agents at knifepoint, wonder if they were the same. It was only a matter of time before this type of disguise was used, just very surprised it hasn't happened before.

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LanceIot says...
10:18pm Tue 25 Aug 09

bigaldublin wrote:
That's not a comment, that's a stream of (un)conciousness rickenback
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Is it Gaelic?

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LadyPenelope says...
8:04am Wed 26 Aug 09

Isn't it time we banned burkas? We've been generous enough allowing non-Christian places of worship, but given we'd never be allowed to walk round in miniskirts and skimpy tops in Muslim countries, then they shouldn't be permitted to wear burkas here.

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LanceIot says...
8:29am Wed 26 Aug 09

LadyPenelope wrote:
Isn't it time we banned burkas? We've been generous enough allowing non-Christian places of worship, but given we'd never be allowed to walk round in miniskirts and skimpy tops in Muslim countries, then they shouldn't be permitted to wear burkas here.
I don't want to walk around in a mini skirt in Muslim Counties!

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Roger Casement says...
11:43am Wed 26 Aug 09

Couldn't we ban those horrible underpants things that young women with BIG legs insist on wearing, as well?

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LanceIot says...
6:19pm Wed 26 Aug 09

Roger Casement wrote:
Couldn't we ban those horrible underpants things that young women with BIG legs insist on wearing, as well?
Roger, you've hit it on the head.

Any woman who is over a size 12 should never wear leggings and if they do, they should be flogged in the market square.

Why do they do it man...WHY?


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