Monday 8th February 2010
»German pensioners took financial adviser hostage, court hears | guardian.co.uk
A retired architect and four other pensioners took their financial adviser hostage and held him in a purpose-built prison in Bavaria after their stock market investments failed, a court has heard.
The 74-year-old architect, identified only as Roland K, told a court in Traunstein, southern Germany, that he and his accomplices thought their financial adviser had “cheated and taken the piss” out of them after their investments in the US property market evaporated. As a result, he told the court, they had “decided to invite him for a few days’ holiday in Upper Bavaria”.
Can they run for office when they get out of prison? I’d be tempted to vote for them. I think I’d like their policies on financial regulation.
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“inviting [odious person] for a few days’ holiday in Upper Bavaria” should become a thing.
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