{"id":240102,"date":"2002-12-13T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2002-12-13T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=240102"},"modified":"2021-02-14T08:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T13:58:33","slug":"no-safe-corner-in-nassau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2002\/12\/no-safe-corner-in-nassau","title":{"rendered":"No Safe Corner in Nassau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inquiries are underway to find out how three masked bandits broke through tight security at Lyford Cay to rob wealthy Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard at his multi-million dollar home.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The crooks, all reportedly dressed like security guards, gained entry to Nygard&#8217;s waterfornt residence in the early hours and forced him to open his safe.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Then they made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, which they stuffed into their pockets as they fled.  the men scaled a fence and jumped into the sea leaving beind a knapsack.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The robbery has sent shock waves through the gated estate, home to billionaire businessman Joe Lewis, movie icon Sean Connery, and best selling novelist Arthur HAiley amongst others.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Resdients want to know how the crooks, all dressed in ski masks and one armed with what looked like a gun, managed to gain access to one of Lyford Cay&#8217;s most exclusive homes in the dead of the night and rob the flamboyant Mr. Nygard in his own sitting room.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The incident hapened after Mr. Nygard, who made his estimated $490 million fortune as one of Canada&#8217;s most successful fashion designers, had been having a small dinner party with eight guests, including a team from TV series Baywatch who had been filming on the premises.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The raid took place at about 3am.  Even though Mr. Nygard employs five security staff the crooks apparently got through an unlocked gate, having arrived at Lyford Cay by boat.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>When the men first entered his home, Mr. Nygard thought it was ajoke but they insisted he open his safe. The raiders back-tracked through the house &#8220;running wildly and looking for the way out&#8221; according to one source.  they jumped a barbed wire fence on to a neighbour&#8217;s boat and mysteriously got away, probably by swimming.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Mr. Nygard later found boat paddles washed ashore on his beach and a knapsack filled with tools, including chisles and screwdrivers.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The neighbour&#8217;s boat was spattered with blood, suggested that at least one of the crooks was injured.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The Lyford Cay residents are very concerned over the breach in security. &#8221; The big question is, did our security botch up?  they seemed to have the robbers cornered but they still got away. The crooks were apparently not very professional , but they still escaped.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>&#8220;It&#8217;s now high season at Lyford Cay and with its air of exclusivity, every effort is made to make people feel safe.  They don&#8217;t want to cause alarm but some people are now worried.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><P><B>Source: The Tribune<\/B><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concern after crooks breach tight security and escape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240982,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240102\/revisions\/240982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}