Howard Johnson Robbed At Gunpoint

[Simon]

Breaking news on RP this morning.

Over £100k stolen.

Wasn't he assaulted once before and it turned out to be his son?

 

[granger]

Thats really terrible

Why keep so much money at home?

 

[Aragorn]

Thats what I don't understand - Why would you have 100k in cash in a safe? Sounds a little suspect. Surely someone must have known he had that much cash lying about.

 

[Colin Phillips]

I hope is insurance company did.

 

[walsworth]

Why keep so much money at home?

Not too difficult to figure out why, surely?

 

[Aragorn]

Not too difficult to figure out why, surely?

Not really - Enlighten me?

 

[Bar the Bull]

Was it Wylie getting him back for buying all those shite horses?

 

[Sheikh]

Was it Wylie getting him back for buying all those shite horses?

or that lad that just bought a horse from him for 100k........or has the taxman got more pro-active.

 

[Desperate Dan]

The local Tax Inpector will be very interested...

 

[Songsheet]

Guessed he would...

 

[krizon]

I'm in the dark - it's an absurd amount of cash to have at home, of course. I assume people are implying it's down to cash payments for horsey services, so that he doesn't have to declare it to HM Revenue & Customs? On the other hand, he may just have a very high milk bill...

 

[Songsheet]

Why would he advertise how much it was, though, if it was slush monies ? More likely to have said jewelery, I'd have thought!

 

[Simon]

Reportedly it was money he'd "won at Aintree". Sure wasn't from backing his own horses if it was!!!

 

[krizon]

Meanwhile, back at Thieves' Kitchen, Johnny and Bobby count out their takings... "I make that exactly £347.35p, Bobby, and I've counted it five times now."

 

[Harbinger]

A quote from Johnson:

It's just as well we had the cash. If we didn't I don't think I'd be talking to you now.

Surely he can't be that naive!

 

[Love Everlasting]

Anyone hear that his wife got stabbed and in hospital, its what I heard today..... a lot of people think its sounding a bit dodgy...

 

[Steve T]

Reportedly it was money he'd "won at Aintree". Sure wasn't from backing his own horses if it was!!!

The £100k was supposedly in the safe, they then went upstairs and stole the money he won at Aintree, apparently.

 

[krizon]

Elsewhere, it's reported that he said these were his savings for a 'dream holiday home' for his wife. Just the wife, then?

 

[Shadow Leader]

Bugger me, that's some holiday they've got planned!!!!

 

[G-G]

However he obtained it, someone must have had information to lead them to believe/know he had that much cash in the house.

Do they need someone to carry their bags on that holiday??