Ever been mugged?

The Artist · 03-06-2008 02:56PM

when was 17 got mugged by five strangers in Ilford London.All i had was a train ticket to get back home,hospitalized for 3 months,2 arm broken,nosebroken and punctured lung from some sort of sharp implement.
Couldnt tell wether it was a knife or screwdriver as it happened so fast.:(

JMB88 · 03-06-2008 03:03PM

Yeah once, me and two friends were walking down by the point one night and we went into a side-lane to take a piss and we were confronted by about 10 scumbags who gave us a bit of a beatdown. They got away with my phone, iPod and wallet.

Captain Darling · 03-06-2008 03:05PM

Everytime i buy diesel for my motor.

1.41 euro a litre.:mad:

Ross_Mahon · 03-06-2008 03:11PM

Scrawny scanger came up to me one time, "give us ur phone"

"NO! You Give me your phone!" He left it at that

Kimbot · 03-06-2008 03:13PM

I remember Beat on the Street years ago in Tallaght. I was in the square picking up a few bits after working with my dad and had bought a PS1 game, bottle or Lynx and few little bits. Walking home about 8 lads jumped me demanding the "Can of orange" from my pocket. As I pulled it out I took the lighter with it and the lynx effect kicked in. A few of them ran of with their hair still smoking away.

Only other time was working in a shop and a bloke jumped the counter and put a machette up to my eyeball. I let him go with what he could find money wise as I had only emptied the till and there was no more than 15 pound in the till. I went to run after him but left it alone.

Hornswoggle · 03-06-2008 03:20PM

Was mugged outside the central bank by some junkie with a butterfly knife when i was 15.

Took my wallet (only had a fiver in it) guards never caught the Fu**er either.

ART6 · 03-06-2008 03:35PM

Not me personally, but it happened to my son in law some time ago. A gang of them decided to give him a few thumps just for the fun of it as he's not a big guy. Bad decision, as he has a brown belt in Thia kick boxing.:)

Karl Hungus · 03-06-2008 03:42PM

Yes, but thankfully it was only once, and I was young at the time, so all I had was some bus money, nothing valuable to be taken. Still pretty damned scary though.

Riddle101 · 03-06-2008 03:43PM

No but i'm sure i came close one time or another

Red Hand · 03-06-2008 03:52PM

Nope, not yyyyeeeeetttt!

GirlInterrupted · 03-06-2008 04:15PM

Not mugged, but pickpocketed once.

armour87 · 03-06-2008 04:18PM

Nope, never.

Doesn't that only happen in Dublin.

Dublin :rolleyes:

ScumLord · 03-06-2008 04:29PM

A hooker attempted top rob me in Prague, I was stumbling back to the hostel drunk as a lord, she came up to me saying "you want sex?" and started putting her hand in all my pockets. I hadn't a cent on me so I figured I'd let her off. Then I remembered my phone and sure enough it was gone. I asked for it back, she gave it back, said sorry and went on her merry way.

Bard · 03-06-2008 04:40PM

Was mugged once in London. I was only there overnight while waiting for a flight home (connecting from Washington DC, going back to Dublin the next morning) so I went into the city for a wander around.

A gang of 3 soccer hooligan types grabbed me on a relatively busy street and dragged me around the corner into a quiet alleyway.

One of them had what seemed to be a black combat bowie knife with a roughly 6-inch blade, which he held close enough for me to see just how sharp it was.

I had around £300 in sterling cash on me (still don't know why I carried all that with me at the time) - which quickly became theirs. Luckily I still had enough left in coins to get the bus back to the airport - where my cards, tickets, passport, etc. were safely locked away.

Fringe · 03-06-2008 05:50PM

Happened to me once in St Stephens Green. Some junkie came up with a scissors in his hand and said it was a knife and to each give him a euro. Only one guy had a euro. I gave him 85c which was my busfare home. 3 of the people with us walked off and some other guy had a load of coppers and gave him them. The junkie got pissed off and gave the coppers back. Said something like are you making fun of me? So then it was grand when he walked off. Then suddenly, two people come up to us and tell us they're plainclothes who've been following that guy for a while. A Garda van immediately comes up and he's brought in. I have no idea what's going on so I leg it off with the other people. 2 people stayed behind to give testimonies.

It was really annoying because the Garda ended up coming to my house so I could give testimony. I was so nervous when I was doing it. I then got a phonecall a few months later telling me the guy's in jail for a few months. So yeah, he made €1.85 but he's also in jail.

miju · 03-06-2008 05:57PM

junkie tried to mug me with a syringe outside central bank a few years ago. All he got was my laptop bag square in the jaw

anonymous_joe · 03-06-2008 06:11PM

Never been mugged, despite having lived in Dublin all my life. Lucky me for a change.

passive · 03-06-2008 06:35PM

danniemcq wrote: »

Was well chuffed cause he also had a bottle of bucky (full) that i nabbed. Hah the mugger became the mugged

You, sir, are a legend of the highest caliber. God bless you.

GLaDOS · 03-06-2008 07:30PM

Almost, then one of them realised I was in his class

Classy fella

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-06-2008 07:38PM

No, I'm not the victim type.

Krieg · 03-06-2008 08:24PM

€5 mugged off me when I was 16 by a couple of travellers. One of them wanted all my money (about €50), but I stood up to him and he left me a few threats. The next week I was in town and him and his inbred bretheren saw me and tried the same again. I was lucky, they just pushed me around a bit and left. **** me up rightly though

I was so pissed about the whole thing for weeks afterwards, even about giving the fiver. I still see the same guy now and again and each time I just want kill the fucker, but the resulting fallout wouldn't be worth it

Edit: I just realised Im holding a grudge against someone for something that happened 5/6 years ago...
Best not piss me off I guess

Gekko · 03-06-2008 09:33PM

My Mum got mugged in Dominick St. - some guy reached into the car when she was just about to start the car and legged it with her handbag.

Not before she'd punched him in the jaw though.

This thread suggests there's definitely not enough Gardai on the beat in Dublin.

New York has the right idea where there is a very large and very visible police presence which makes you feel safe

Three teenage scumbags tried to nick my bike when I was in uni in the UK and hit me on the arm with a hammer. I picked up my bike and hit them in the face with the back wheel and then took it back.

That was fuelled by adrenalin and I'm not sure I'd do the same nowadays for fear of getting stabbed. Oh and the adrenalin wore off pretty quick and left me feeling a bit wrecked!

allabouteve · 03-06-2008 09:37PM

Mairt wrote: »

No, I'm not the victim type.

Famous last words.

I've only ever been mugged in the emotional sense.

Deliverance XXV · 03-06-2008 09:50PM

Never happened to me but I've known loads of people who have been mugged.

Sqaull20 · 03-06-2008 10:07PM

Krieg wrote: »

€5 mugged off me when I was 16 by a couple of travellers. One of them wanted all my money (about €50), but I stood up to him and he left me a few threats. The next week I was in town and him and his inbred bretheren saw me and tried the same again. I was lucky, they just pushed me around a bit and left. **** me up rightly though

I'd take the knife in the head, before giving those ***** anything, I have had loads of run ins with them and not once did I give them anything.I took 2 pretty bad beatings off them because of it ( one just outside Lidl on the dublin road going out of Limerick, other at the park near Arthurs Key ).

No better feeling in the world as a kid, then seeing their faces when you tell them to **** off.Joining a boxing club is the best thing you can do as a kid.You have to stand up to them..

BlackWizard · 03-06-2008 10:14PM

allabouteve wrote: »

Famous last words.

I've only ever been mugged in the emotional sense.

I had my heart stolen too..

Lockstep · 03-06-2008 10:19PM

I've never been mugged.

Just never happened to me.

starlight07 · 03-06-2008 10:33PM

Yup, by some dude on the Richmond road. Stinger for him there was nothing but my student card in my bag, ended up it was found on gardnier street and handed in!!

Irishcrx · 04-06-2008 11:11AM

Yeah twice, once by a junkie who pulled a knife out of his pants, talked my way out of it by pretending I wanted to buy his hash then legged it when the knife went down, second time by a roma gypsy at an atm machine in town, didn't get anything except a solid to the face...

JangoFett · 04-06-2008 11:39AM

Yeah, a roma gypsy group tried to mug me at an atm before, I started swinging like crazy at them, they ran away and didn't get any money

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