This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/7849008.stm
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Watch thieves kidnap shopkeeper | |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| A woman has been forced to let a gang of masked robbers into the Belfast city centre jewellery store where she works. | |
| The gang entered her home on the Antrim Road on Friday night and claimed the children of her sister, who was with her, had been taken hostage. | The gang entered her home on the Antrim Road on Friday night and claimed the children of her sister, who was with her, had been taken hostage. |
| They then drove the woman to her place of work in Queen's Arcade where the gang stole a large quantity of watches. | They then drove the woman to her place of work in Queen's Arcade where the gang stole a large quantity of watches. |
| She was released unharmed and reunited with her family. It transpired the children had never been taken hostage. | She was released unharmed and reunited with her family. It transpired the children had never been taken hostage. |
| The woman's car was later found burnt out in the Kinnaird Terrace area of the Antrim Road. | The woman's car was later found burnt out in the Kinnaird Terrace area of the Antrim Road. |