Good Morning Britain’s Richard Madeley raging after being robbed at his local pub – and calls for the thief to be hanged
The telly legend is seething about his iPhone being swiped in front of his very eyes
RICHARD Madeley has revealed he has been robbed at his local pub.
The Good Morning Britain presenter claims he was the victim of a “malicious magic trick” – and called for the thief to be hanged.
Richard, 67, was left feeling like his right arm had been “chopped off” after his iPhone was swiped by someone selling a magazine.
They cunningly placed the product on top of Richard’s mobile before lifting it undetected.
He now wanted the perpetrator “hanged” for the cruel theft.
The furious host wrote in the Spectator: “I’ve always been against capital punishment but after the week I’ve had I’m making an exception.
“The return of the death penalty for iPhone thieves, if you please. By garrotting, preferably.”
Detailing the incident, Richard continued: “I was in my local when a weird-looking guy shambling around the bar slammed a dog-eared magazine down on my table and demanded I buy it.
When I refused he swept it back again and wandered off. Five minutes later I realised he’d smuggled my phone away underneath the magazine.”
Richard warned readers about the “bog-standard technique” he’d fallen for, adding: “I loathe the man who did this to me. Even so, I accept that garrotting is probably a stretch too far.
“So I’ll settle for a straightforward hanging. Just as long as I’m the one allowed to pull the trapdoor lever, OK?”