' Ian Wright's family robbed at knifepoint '

Feel sorry for his family but I dont know about him being at the world cup, he should have been at home giving that front door a lick of paint and tidying his garden up.

BBC
Thursday 19th June 2014

' Ian Wright's family robbed at knifepoint at home '

Ian Wright was working as an ITV pundit at the World Cup in Brazil

Former England striker Ian Wright has returned home from the World Cup in Brazil after his wife and children were threatened at knifepoint by burglars.

Four men armed with knives forced their way into his north-west London home and held his wife and children before making off with personal possessions.

The 50-year-old former Arsenal star, who has been working for ITV in Brazil, tweeted: "You won't get away with it."

The Metropolitan Police said it was investigating an aggravated burglary.

The football pundit kept his head down and made no comments as he arrived home.

Earlier Steve Kutner, Wright's agent, said: "It was a terrifying ordeal. They marched Ian's wife from room to room."


Nancy Wright was described as "really shaken up" by the raid
A spokeswoman for Ian Wright said the football pundit was "really upset and angry" and was flying back following Wednesday night's robbery.

'Very frightening' experience
She said: "Nancy [his wife] is really shaken up. Their kids are so young that hopefully they aren't going to read into it too much.

"They are all physically OK - Nancy and the kids."

Wright's neighbours expressed their shock at the robbery.

Next-door neighbour Marianne Collinge said: "They are very unpretentious people. They are one of us and I'm terribly sorry for them, it's awful."

Another neighbour, Chris Martin, said: "Ian is a neighbour and a decent family man. He's been living here several years and everyone around here respects his privacy."

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We are investigating an aggravated burglary at an address in north-west London after we were called at 9.20pm last night.

"The four suspects are described as black men, aged between 18-25. They are said to have spoken with London accents and were wearing dark clothing and hoodies obscuring their faces."

Det Ch Insp Mick Gornall said: "Fortunately no-one was injured during the burglary, but it is still very frightening to have people force their way into your home and threaten you."

Officers are reviewing CCTV footage.

when i say this i assumed his family were out in brazil as well not back at home.

When you say what ?

I feel sorry for the family, he only lives a few streets away from me, and I've met him a few times.

London News reporting that it was a little firm from South London.

I hope they get these Scumbags.

Terrible story, really feel for Wight and his family.

Money and fame can be scary thing's.
The things people will do for money is just shocking.
Money it's only money ffs a few grand isn't going to change your life yet people will go crazy for a couple of grand

When you say what ?

I feel sorry for the family, he only lives a few streets away from me, and I've met him a few times.

London News reporting that it was a little firm from South London.

I hope they get these Scumbags.