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Irish couple in Albuferia kidnapped at gunpoint and robbed

Murt10

Just listened to a piece on "Talk to Joe" about an Irish couple who were kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint last week in Abbuferia by a gang of three Roma gypsies.

They threatened to shoot him and sell his fiancee into the sex trade. They took them in a car to the bank machine.

To crown off their holiday from hell, they stayed indoors in their hotel and only went out again on the last night. When they came back they woke up to find that their hotel room was robbed, while they were sleeping.

Talk about traumatic

https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9_21491572_53_11-01-2019_

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/irish-couple-robbed-twice-during-nightmare-holiday-in-portugal-1.3755148

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seamus

I wonder what their motivation is though. Why go to the trouble of filing a police report?

Maybe it's a half-truth, they got robbed while trying to do something dodgy, but filed a report saying they'd been mugged by gypsies.

Then finding themselves short on cash, decided to try and make some bank from the insurance company

Wheres Me Jumper?

maybe they never were in Portugal, and invented the whole drama in order to get on Joe.
people nowadays crave their 2 minutes of fame.

Fann Linn

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

maybe they never were in Portugal, and invented the whole drama in order to get on Joe.
people nowadays crave their 2 minutes of fame.

And RTE is in on the act by allegedly contacting the Portuguese cops.

Fr_Dougal

This didn’t happen.

gmisk

I thought reading this story it doesn't make sense.....reading the Facebook story on Irish mirror is great craic, this guy seems like a total scumbag who has been done for assault and regularly rips people off, hopefully the police come down on them like a tonne of bricks for this BS

Mrsmum

It's like they threw everything plus the kitchen sick at the story in order to make it believable with the opposite result.

MarkHenderson

Terrible ordeal for them. Hope they find the scumbags who carried this out

gmisk

MarkHenderson wrote: »

Terrible ordeal for them. Hope they find the scumbags who carried this out

Do you genuinely think any of this happened?....Read the comments on the story on the Irish mirror Facebook..
https://www.facebook.com/191236384249467/posts/2330954113611006/

dudara

When I first read the article, I genuinely thought it was too far-fetched and frankly unbelievable. I frequently stay on the Algarve, and have never had anything but positive experiences. But then again, we've never stayed in Albufeira. Who knows? My scepticism level is still high though.

gozunda

dudara wrote: »

When I first read the article, I genuinely thought it was too far-fetched and frankly unbelievable. I frequently stay on the Algarve, and have never had anything but positive experiences. But then again, we've never stayed in Albufeira. Who knows? My scepticism level is still high though.

The Algarve has form for some similar incidents involving armed robbery etc

https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/ShowTopic-g189112-i331-k4797003-o110-Irish_tourists_robbed_at_gunpoint_in_their_villa-Albufeira_Faro_District_Algarve.html

http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/albufeira-robbery-suspects-caught/7763

Fann Linn

gmisk wrote: »

Do you genuinely think any of this happened?....Read the comments on the story on the Irish mirror Facebook..
https://www.facebook.com/191236384249467/posts/2330954113611006/

If, this didn't happen and this bloke is Walter Mitty, why did the Portuguese police confirm to RTE that an incident occured and they were investigating?

gmisk

Fann Linn wrote: »

If, this didn't happen and this bloke is Walter Mitty, why did the Portuguese police confirm to RTE that an incident occured and they were investigating?

They didn't confirm an incident occurred.
All I can see is below from them... The rest is all from the alleged victims.

Portuguese police are taking the incident “very seriously” and have two teams working on the investigation, RTE reported.

Fann Linn

gmisk wrote: »

They didn't confirm an incident occurred.
All I can see is below from them... The rest is all from the alleged victims.

Portuguese police are taking the incident “very seriously” and have two teams working on the investigation, RTE reported.

Listened to Duffy on Friday and cctv footage was mentioned also. Just find this so unbelievably bizarre that someone would put forward a fairytale for no apparent reason.

gmisk

Fann Linn wrote: »

Listened to Duffy on Friday and cctv footage was mentioned also. Just find this so unbelievably bizarre that someone would put forward a fairytale for no apparent reason.

The guy seems to be a scam artist tbh... Also done for assault.
It all seemed a bit random and far fetched for a reason..

anewme

Mrsmum wrote: »

It's like they threw everything plus the kitchen sick at the story in order to make it believable with the opposite result.

That's what struck me. Definitely a case of over egging it.

McMurphy

MarkHenderson wrote: »

Terrible ordeal for them. Hope they find the scumbags who carried this out

They'll be easily enough tracked I imagine.

Derry isn't all that big, and sure his and her photos all over Facebook.

uck51js9zml2yt

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

maybe they never were in Portugal, and invented the whole drama in order to get on Joe.
people nowadays crave their 2 minutes of fame.

Indeed..I hear lahinch is nice:)

branie2

I've been to the Algarve three times, and nothing bad ever happened to me there.

Cockadoodledoo

Personally, if I was kidnapped at gunpoint with two threats (being shot and sold as a sex slave), I wouldn’t be overly enthusiastic about going out on the last night just to try and enjoy it.

He also said he gave his fiancée a bank card knowing there wasn’t any money in the account. That put her in a vulnerable position.... no?

Then when the card wouldn’t work, he was allowed to get out and help her and that is when they escaped. However when adding up how much they lost, he said €300 cash he had and €200 from the bank. How did they get the money from the bank??

Then they got robbed the second night. He said he got back to the apartment to find they had been robbed and woke up to find mobile phones etc missing. Did it happen while they were out or when they were asleep?

Thought he got a bit quiet at the end of the interview when Joe did a shoutout for anybody else that is in the airport.

enricoh

There was a few tourists done by the cops in brazil for making up robberies iirc. Looking for a quick payout from the insurance industry to keep the good times going!

Spanish Eyes

Joe Duffy is to blame here for highlighting this without any proof or whatnot.

The Insurance won't pay compo because kidnap at gunpoint was not included in the policy. Go figure.

harr

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Joe Duffy is to blame here for highlighting this without any proof or whatnot.

The Insurance won't pay compo because kidnap at gunpoint was not included in the policy. Go figure.

As was ever other news outlet that published the story, the journal, the mirror, the independent and others. It seems journalists aren’t capable of doing a bit of research before publishing a story. I suppose it doesn’t matter once it’s a sensational headline.

Collie D

enricoh wrote: »

There was a few tourists done by the cops in brazil for making up robberies iirc. Looking for a quick payout from the insurance industry to keep the good times going!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochtegate

NoeldeBournaix

enricoh wrote: »

There was a few tourists done by the cops in brazil for making up robberies iirc. Looking for a quick payout from the insurance industry to keep the good times going!

Was that Ryan Lochte and co. during the Rio Olympics? They were charged with making false reports, but the case was later dismissed.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/court-dismisses-ryan-lochte-false-robbery-report-case-35934671.html

Edit: Collie D got in before me.

368100

pablo128 wrote: »

Yeah and freeze to death. And instead of being robbed by Roma you get robbed by hoteliers and publicans in Ireland.

I have been on 'the strip' in Albufeira a few times. It doesn't strike you as the kind of place you would get kidnapped from, which makes this case a bit more unusual.

I was only there once....on my own. Walked up the strip and noticed a guy following me. I ducked in somewhere and lost him but Ive no doubt I was being targeted for mugging or whatnot.

Vincent Vega

Artists sketch of the gang leader
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McMurphy

Vincent Vega wrote: »

Artists sketch of the gang leader

Are they his own teeth, or is he breaking them in for a horse ^^^^

Duvetdays

so the guy in the sketch robbed the couple and kidnapped Madeline McCann

Cockadoodledoo

Duvetdays wrote: »

so the guy in the sketch robbed the couple and kidnapped Madeline McCann

That’s what I thought too

A sketchy sketch artist

mzungu

Vincent Vega wrote: »

Artists sketch of the gang leader

Jaysus! It appears that George Harrison is the culprit.