Ian Wright's Family Held At Knifepoint

[Arsenal Till I Die]

This is sickening....

Former England international Ian Wright has flown home from Brazil after his wife and children were burgled at knifepoint.

It is understood four men armed with knives broke into the pundit's north-west London home and held his wife and two daughters in a terrifying raid before making off with personal possessions.

The former Arsenal striker is understood to have dashed back to the UK after learning the gang had held a blade to his wife Nancy's throat, and shouted "punch her, kill her!"

The gang are also said to have threatened to slice off the children’s fingers if Nancy didn't hand over cash and jewellery, after forcing their way into her home when she answered the door around 9.20pm last night.

Nancy, 39, is thought to have been put in a bedroom while the couple's two girls were taken to another room.

Steve Kutner, Wright’s manager, told the Sun: “It was a terrifying ordeal. They marched Ian’s wife from room to room. I would like to thank ITV for helping Ian to get home as quickly as possible.”

Ian, 50, who has been working for ITV at the tournament in Brazil, last night tweeted: "You won't get away with it."
It's thought the family may have been targeted after they were seen playing in a nearby park, with the thugs responsible likely to have known Wright would not be at home.

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

"Personal possessions were stolen. The suspects are described as four black men aged between 18 and 25, with London accents, wearing dark clothing and hoodies obscuring their faces.""

Source - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ia ... ld-3722001

[SPUDMASHER]

Yes I saw that.......the bit that surprised me was that his wife is a bit of a munta!

[OneBardGooner]

Jeeezzusss that is awful.

Well I'm sure with Wrighty having a bit of wonga to spare he can pay some local ruffians to find this scum and put the world out of its misery.

[clockender1]

Yes I saw that.......the bit that surprised me was that his wife is a bit of a munta!

not at all - she stuck by him through thick and thin when he was struggling with rejection in his early 20's.
he loves her for that.

I'm impressed he didn't get famous and then give her the spanish archer - like Seaman (twice), Lampard etc etc.

love is blind they say...

[clockender1]

Jeeezzusss that is awful.

Well I'm sure with Wrighty having a bit of wonga to spare he can pay some local ruffians to find this scum and put the world out of its misery.

wright is friends with Cass Pennant for a start....i'm sure they have 'friends' to assist.

[afcforever]

Yes I saw that.......the bit that surprised me was that his wife is a bit of a munta!

not at all - she stuck by him through thick and thin when he was struggling with rejection in his early 20's.
he loves her for that.

I'm impressed he didn't get famous and then give her the spanish archer - like Seaman (twice), Lampard etc etc.

love is blind they say...

Is this not his second wife, thought the first one was called Debbie?
Terrible to put a woman and kids through that.

[clockender1]

Yes I saw that.......the bit that surprised me was that his wife is a bit of a munta!

not at all - she stuck by him through thick and thin when he was struggling with rejection in his early 20's.
he loves her for that.

I'm impressed he didn't get famous and then give her the spanish archer - like Seaman (twice), Lampard etc etc.

love is blind they say...

Is this not his second wife, thought the first one was called Debbie?
Terrible to put a woman and kids through that.

actually i think you're right if I remember his book - debbie was the mother of SWP.

she was no what you would call 'pretty' either....

[g88ner]

That's shocking. Truly shocking... Ian Wright is 50?!!!!

I feel old

[VAVAVOOM 14]

Initially, I thought they meant his family was robbed in Brazil and he'd consequently flown back to London.

It's sickening that there are people callous and depraved enough to enter one's home and subject a mother and her daughters to such a horrific event.

I know it's cliche but there truly are some evil people on this planet: it makes you wonder how people can possess absolutely no morals or regard for humanity?

Hopefully they're caught but I doubt they will be; karma catches up with everyone in the end, anyway.

[gunner]

Didn't think much of his house with all that money. They should of realized he's got no cash living in a place like that looked well beat.

Hope they catch them ..

[Gunnersaurus]

He don't strike me as the kind of man you mess with, I'm sure there are some Yardie's out looking for them as we speak.

That is his second wife too.

[brucegrove]

any mancs reading this..you couldn't nip round Phil Neville's gaff tonight....

[Herd]

He lives in Queens Park which has undergone some transformations but can still be very dangerous .
Secondly I'm sorry it's happened ,but High Profile people need to do more to protect themselves.
There is a long history of opportunists robbing footballers homes so He should have had better security
arrangements for his family while he was gone. We live in dark times and these things happen more than you think they do in London and not just to celebrities !

[SPUDMASHER]

I see he's back in Brazil again

[donaldo]

If your wife and children were robbed at knifepoint while you were away in Brazil would you come back to England then go back to Brazil 3 days later?.FFS Wrighty get your priorities right