FIFA World Cup: Former England striker Ian Wright flies home from World Cup after family robbed

20 June,2014 08:32 AM IST |   |  AFP

Former England striker Ian Wright flew home from the World Cup in Brazil after his wife and children were held at knifepoint in a burglary, reports said yesterday

Ian Wright


Londom: Former England striker Ian Wright flew home from the World Cup in Brazil after his wife and children were held at knifepoint in a burglary, reports said yesterday.


Ian Wright

It is understood four men armed with knives broke into Wright's London home and held his wife and children before stealing personal possessions.

The 50-year-old has been an analyst at the World Cup for ITV. Police said they were investigating an aggravated burglary at an address in north-west London.

"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," a police spokesman said.

Wright tweeted "You won't get away with it!" in an apparent reference to the burglary.

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