August 25, 200916 yr Burqa-clad man armed with gun and axe steals £150,000 designer watches By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:05 PM on 25th August 2009 Comments (12) Add to My Stories One of the robbers was wearing a burqa - like this one - when he and two accomplices stole £150,000 worth of watches from Michael Jones Jewellers Police are searching for a burkha-clad man who helped steal designer watches worth £150,000 in an armed robbery today. The man and two accomplices, armed with a handgun and an axe, burst into Michael Jones Jewellers on the High Street in Banbury, Oxfordshire, at about 2.20pm. They threatened four members of staff, a man and three women, with their weapons before making off with Rolex, Cartier and Breitling watches. A man was waiting outside for the three suspects in a black Audi, which was later found abandoned. Staff at the shop told police the offenders, including the one wearing the burkha, were all male. The other two were wearing dark clothing and had their faces covered. All are thought to be Asian. Detective Inspector Steve Duffy, leading the investigation, said: 'Thankfully, nobody was injured during the robbery but obviously the staff have been left very shaken by what has happened. 'The getaway car was found abandoned shortly before 2.45pm in Western Crescent in the Hightown Road area of Banbury. 'I appeal to anyone who was in Banbury town centre today and has any information, however insignificant you think it may be, to contact police immediately.' No one at the shop, which also has two branches in Northampton, was available for comment this afternoon. Anyone with information should call Det Insp Duffy via the Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 0845 8 505 505. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209006/Burqa-clad-man-steals-150-000-designer-watches-armed-robbery.html#ixzz0PEbh4yFX
August 26, 200916 yr Street price of watches - 150K True value of watches - 26p Watching Mark bring up the burqa argument again - priceless.
August 26, 200916 yr Author Watching Mark bring up the burqa argument again - priceless. Seeing you once again ignorantly dismissing a legitimate news story - pathetic.:smug: Anyway, definitely strengthens the case for banning them, I'd say.:rolleyes:
August 27, 200916 yr Because someone robbed a store with one? Give me a break. OH NOES BURQAS ARE EVIL ANYONE WHO WEARS THEM IS POSSESSED BY THAR DEVIL
August 27, 200916 yr Police are searching for a burkha-clad man who helped steal designer watches worth £150,000 in an armed robbery today. I think they might have removed them by now!
August 27, 200916 yr Because someone robbed a store with one? Give me a break. OH NOES BURQAS ARE EVIL ANYONE WHO WEARS THEM IS POSSESSED BY THAR DEVIL oh no, again what the hell is going with everyone and Islam?
August 27, 200916 yr It's the fucking Daily Mail! Of course they're going to make a big thing out of the fact that the thief wore a burqa.
August 27, 200916 yr It's the fucking Daily Mail! Of course they're going to make a big thing out of the fact that the thief wore a burqa. they won't even lose a minute thinking about it.
August 28, 200916 yr Author Because someone robbed a store with one? Give me a break. As usual, you're completely missing the point. This just goes to show how wearing one can easily be abused by people up to no good.:dozey:
August 28, 200916 yr Author I think they might have removed them by now! Which just goes to prove how absurd the situation is. The thief can't be identified because he was wearing one in the first place, which is why they shouldn't be allowed.;)
August 28, 200916 yr Which just goes to prove how absurd the situation is. The thief can't be identified because he was wearing one in the first place, which is why they shouldn't be allowed.;) This doesn't prove anything at all. Thieves will always find ways to cover themselves.
August 28, 200916 yr Author This doesn't prove anything at all. Thieves will always find ways to cover themselves. Maybe, but if they come in wearing a balaclava or stocking over their head, the shopkeeper will automatically be suspicious and raise the alarm.;)
August 28, 200916 yr Maybe, but if they come in wearing a balaclava or stocking over their head, the shopkeeper will automatically be suspicious and raise the alarm.;) They wouldn't if the thief wore a hat and and a scarf.
August 28, 200916 yr Author They wouldn't if the thief wore a hat and and a scarf. A hat and a scarf doesn't conceal someone's identity as you can still see the face, so they would at least be identifiable and hopefully apprehended afterwards.;)
August 28, 200916 yr You can cover your face just as much wearing a hat and a scarf. Most people wouldn't do it but thieves aren't most people.
August 28, 200916 yr Author You can cover your face just as much wearing a hat and a scarf. Most people wouldn't do it but thieves aren't most people. Only if you wrap the scarf around your face, which is also unnatural (particularly indoors and in any weather above about -10 degrees), so this would also immediately arouse the suspicions of a shopkeeper or bank clerk, as you would look like an "outlaw".;) Any "normal" person would at least remove a scarf immediately after entering a shop or bank.
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