THE TELEGRAPH: A group calling itself Bank Bosses Are Criminals has claimed responsibility for vandalising the Edinburgh home of Sir Fred Goodwin, the disgraced former chief executive of RBS bank.
In an email sent to local newspapers, the group called for bank bosses to be jailed and warned: "This is just the beginning".
The attack saw the windows of Sir Fred's home, in Edinburgh's upmarket Morningside area, smashed, along with those of a dark-coloured Mercedes S600 saloon parked in the driveway.
Sir Fred is understood to be abroad and the attack is believed to have been reported to police by a member of his household staff at 4.35am on Wednesday morning.
Minutes afterwards, an email was sent by a woman using the name Moira McLeod and the address bankbossesarecriminals@mail.com.
The email read: "Fred Goodwins house in Edinburgh, was attacked this morning.
"We are angry that rich people, like him, are paying themselves a huge amount of money, and living in luxury, while ordinary people are made unemployed, destitute and homeless.
"This is a crime. Bank bosses should be jailed.
"This is just the beginning." >>> By Aislinn Simpson | Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Anti-capitalist Group Boasts of Attack on Sir Fred Goodwin's Home >>> Lindsay McIntosh in Edinburgh, Martin Waller, Nico Hines | Wednesday, March 25, 2009
*Sir Fred Goodwin was known as 'Fred the Shred' because of his ruthless cost-cutting.
