Raiders threatened to cut my wife and daughter's fingers off, says Wright

Former Arsenal footballer Ian Wright has revealed his MBE was among treasured memorabilia stolen by masked raiders who held a knife to his wife's throat and threatened to cut her and their two daughters' fingers off.

Raiders threatened to cut my wife and daughter's fingers off, says Wright

Former Arsenal footballer Ian Wright has revealed his MBE was among treasured memorabilia stolen by masked raiders who held a knife to his wife's throat and threatened to cut her and their two daughters' fingers off.

Wright, 50, flew home from working as an ITV pundit at the World Cup in Brazil after the intruders forced their way into his home in north-west London on Wednesday.

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