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POLICE IN BELFAST are appealing for information after a man was robbed at gunpoint this morning.
It happened in the Westrock Gardens area, in the west of the city, around 10.30am.
The victim of the robbery, a credit agent aged in his 70s, was uninjured in the incident.
The mugger – who made off with a sum of cash – was wearing a balaclava, a black leather jacket and is described as being around 5’6″ tall, of slim build and with a Belfast accent.
“I would appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to contact CID at Musgrave Police Station on the non emergency number 101,” Detective Constable Gareth Hussey said in a statement.
“Or if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
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You just know its going to be in Belfast.
It’s.
Dump
Sure Dublin has no gun crime…
Crime rates here have shot down since Fg took office
It’s really not a dump. All cities have problems (and s@umbags) and while Belfast does have its fair share of them it’s still a cool place. I’m originally from a rural community in the ROI and a while ago there was a spate of armed robberies on people living alone in the area….NONE of these robberies made national news. Just because you don’t hear about it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Do you honestly believe this kind of sh!t isn’t happening in places all over Ireland?
Belfast is a great city. Vibrant and full of life. A few lowlifes give it a bad name. But sure that’s the same anywhere else in the country.
Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Limerick or elsewhere we all have undesirables within the mix.
Nearly everyday I see headlines like this and I dont even need to read the article to know it happened up north!! And some of the story’s are horrendous…
And some of the story is are horrendous.
My god man get a life!!
Was it not in the news last week that some skumbag raped a poor pensioner down the south of the country after breaking into her house.. There’s skum in every county of this Island mate..
Of course theirs sc um in every county but the majority of them are up north.. and it’s a small place
Thankfully the story about the guy who raped the pensioner was about him dying in prison.But your right , there’s s’um everywhere .
There, their and they’re are not the same.
Either are PIRA, CIRA or RIRA. Or SF, RSF or 32CSC. Just “taught” I would point this out Pat Lyings.
Just knew it was Belfast again the minute I seen the pic and headline
Could’ve been Dublin. Plenty of tiger kidnappings and robberies happen outside of Belfast my friend.
I’m sure some EU law will protect this thugs rights , sooner the better the EU crumbles !!
Which thug.. Credit agent is just a nice word for loan shark.. Did you see what happened in Waterford during the week with a ‘credit agent’ and a claw hammer?
A man doing a job for a loan company, I have no problem with loan companies getting robbed but mugging an elderly man is a bit cowardly.
This thug’s rights.
Just your average day up north
For f#&k sake, a man in his 70′s is attacked and all you can talk about is the European Union. Are you for f#&king real?
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