Bookie robbed of Festival cash

A leading bookmaker was robbed of tens of thousands of pounds by a masked gang as he left the Cheltenham Festival, it emerged today.

Bookie robbed of Festival cash
Fri, 17 Mar, 2006 - 09:44

A leading bookmaker was robbed of tens of thousands of pounds by a masked gang as he left the Cheltenham Festival, it emerged today.

Freddie Williams was travelling from the racecourse to his hotel when his Jaguar was forced to stop on a country road.

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