Man threatened at gunpoint during street raid (From Basildon Recorder)
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Man threatened at gunpoint during street raid
11:48am Wednesday 24th October 2012 in News By Gina Marden
Man threatened at gunpoint during street raid
A MAN was left with a broken collarbone after he was threatened at gunpoint during a terrifying armed raid.
The recovery truck driver had been called to Archers Fields on the Burnt Mills industrial estate in Basildon at around 7.50am on Wednesday.
But when he got out of his vehicle he was attached by the gang of men, one of which had a handgun.
One of the gang battered the terrified man with an iron bar leaving him with a broken collarbone.
Police are now probing the armed raid.
Comments(11)
alimac69
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12:07pm Wed 24 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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12:08pm Wed 24 Oct 12
sav25
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1:04pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Seriously though Echo - you really can't be in this business and make spelling mistakes. That's like KFC making cooking mistakes...salmonell
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Rochford Rob
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1:51pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Raid? What raid? What was stolen? No doubt he knew his attackers, after all completely random attacks like this go on all the time. Mind you, Chief Inspector Plod will say the opposite.
A slow news week in 'Echo world'
Brunning999
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4:32pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Does that mean he swings both ways?
Eric the Red
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5:20pm Wed 24 Oct 12
essex_girl39
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12:09am Thu 25 Oct 12
Horace Wimpole
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4:35pm Thu 25 Oct 12
essex_girl39 wrote:Well, that made sense.
Funny how people **** here and critasize a bloke really considering he was threatened at gunpoint. A recovery truck can pick up a car anywhere doesn't mean to says its seems funny that it happened on a industrial estate people break down everywhere, Some people can make it that bit further till the car stops completely! but then again the papers never always get the right story which in that case me personally I don't think should be published till the real reason has been told. Just hope they catch the scum that did it!!!!
unknown2929
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6:47pm Thu 25 Oct 12
essex_girl39
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8:00pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Eric Whim says...
12:05pm Wed 24 Oct 12
what was he attached to?
Did they use nails, glue, nuts and bolts or a selection of screws
On a more 'competitive compassion' note for the usual critics of posts pointing out glaring editorial catastrophes without making fluffy wuffie references to the victim of crimes/accidents etc.,- I hope the poor geezer gets better soon and they catch the blokes that did it and nail them to a tree