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Hove poker player beaten up by masked raiders

2:00pm Saturday 3rd October 2009 in


A poker player was beaten up by two masked robbers who lay in wait for her.

Deborah Rogers said she thought the raiders, who demanded the keys to her safe before punching her in the face, had been staking her flat out.

Ms Rogers, 59, of Lansdowne Place, Hove, said she had just opened her door on Wednesday to walk her terriers when the raiders struck.

She said: “One of them pushed me and I fell to the ground."

“And he kept punching my face. My nose was bleeding and there was blood everywhere."

The 59-year-old said she thought the robbers had been watching her thinking she had cash from playing poker.

She added: “It wasn't chance, they wanted the keys to my safe. They knew it was a key not a code."

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses who saw the robbery or anyone acting suspicious in the are to call 0845 6070999.

Comments(16)

Conor says...
2:15pm Sat 3 Oct 09

"beaten up my rasked raiders"
Argus reporters having a liquid lunch?

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OP8 says...
3:23pm Sat 3 Oct 09

beat up whose masked raiders?

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cheezburger says...
3:41pm Sat 3 Oct 09

Surely a Pulitzer on the way for this one.

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cheezburger says...
3:58pm Sat 3 Oct 09

So the fact she palys poker has absolutely nothing to do with the story. You could have equally said Milk drinker gets beaten up my masked raiders.

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Delilah_Brighton says...
4:31pm Sat 3 Oct 09

Conor wrote:
"beaten up my rasked raiders"
Argus reporters having a liquid lunch?
Even better than the half naked students stuck in Brighton life.

Come on Argus, have a whipround to get your employees their English GCSEs.

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Hugh Rinall says...
8:35pm Sat 3 Oct 09

'Anyone acting suspicious in the are'? Where do you get these primary school standard reporters?

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Mr Numptyhead says...
8:58pm Sat 3 Oct 09

Perhaps information like a date would be helpful when trying to remember any people acting suspicious in the are...

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MoreMikey says...
3:00am Sun 4 Oct 09

It's Landsdowne with an "e". And, yes, a date would be awfully useful.

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dolphy says...
3:48am Sun 4 Oct 09

Give me a job. I will fix your paper.

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ShorehamBeachcomber says...
8:12am Sun 4 Oct 09

oh dear...can her safe be seen from the street then?

security word cards closer to chest

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Conor says...
9:33am Sun 4 Oct 09

MoreMikey wrote:
It's Landsdowne with an "e". And, yes, a date would be awfully useful.
Lansdowne to be exact.

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Variable says...
1:12pm Sun 4 Oct 09

Wow. TWO spelling mistakes in one headline. That's got to be a record of some sort. Well done Argus!
Is your sub-editor stuck in a life somewhere?

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Mr Numptyhead says...
1:35pm Sun 4 Oct 09

Variable wrote:
Wow. TWO spelling mistakes in one headline. That's got to be a record of some sort. Well done Argus!
Is your sub-editor stuck in a life somewhere?
Are you suggesting the Sub is a semi naked student?

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Dave At Home says...
10:03pm Sun 4 Oct 09

and in case you didn't see it the first time -

She said: “One of them pushed me and I fell to the ground,” she said.

I wonder what she said...

Pitiful reporting again.

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Barney McGrew says...
11:12am Mon 5 Oct 09

Pmsl, only just noticed the second mistake, the "my" one!. Methinks someone had one too many at lunch. And give me a job too, i'd be better... ;o)

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Jo Wadsworth says...
11:21am Tue 6 Oct 09

Many thanks for the comments. The changes have now been made.

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