mc_squared Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Street price of watches - 150K True value of watches - 26p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonsun Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Street price of watches - 150K True value of watches - 26p Watching Mark bring up the burqa argument again - priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahlem Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahlem Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 and i'm pretty sure they're not even Muslim that's a shame :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiminy Cricket Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahlem Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I think they might have removed them by now! :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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