Nobody Was Hurt In Sydney Radisson Plaza Hotel Robbery
Perhaps it is time that CARICOM issued a travel advisory to Caribbean cricket fans traveling to Australia – to be cautious about those violent Aussies …
England team rocked by hotel robbery
February 13, 2007 – 5:59AM
A member of the England cricket team’s medical staff was robbed at knife-point in a terrifying attack at a Sydney hotel early on Monday that was witnessed by five other members of the team.
England physiotherapist Dean Conway was robbed of his wallet and mobile phone after four knife-wielding men, who wore balaclavas, broke into the Radisson Plaza Hotel in O’Connell Street about 4.15am (AEDT) on Monday, Fairfax newspapers report.
They forced staff to the ground, demanding money and the location of the safe, then turned their attention to Mr Conway, who had separated from five other team members to take a phone call…
… read the entire article at The Sydney Morning Herald (link here)
Our thanks to BFP readers A, S, K and I for the tip.
3 Comments
February 13, 2007 at 2:44 am
I wonder if the writer of the script on the link below is still in Australia or on his way to the Caribbean for fear of his life….!!!
After this brazen attack on the English team it would be intersting to read Jon Pierik….views on his Australian…..VANDALS……!!!
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21149782-12428,00.html
February 13, 2007 at 3:43 am
And these people have the gall to issue a travel advisory about travelling to the Caribbean?
Guess they are copying everything the americans do so closely that a travel advisory would be on the cards.
March 23, 2007 at 1:59 am
Uh-oh… Wikipedia is reporting the Pakistani coach staying in Jamaica was murdered….. Lawd that Island just get a black eye… The Aussies gon be gloating now…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page