arnisador
03-02-2006, 11:59 AM
Martial arts men questioned over record £53m raid (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2061578,00.html)
A JUDO champion has been questioned about the record £53 million armed robbery on the Securitas cash depot in Kent.
Chris Bowles represented Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and at the peak of his career was a European and British champion.
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The kick-boxer, now in his middle 30s, has fought in professional fights across the South East, and also stars in a brutal DVD fight called Extreme Fighters. Neighbours say he has not been seen at his home for some days.
He trained at a club in Tonbridge and in 1999 reached the finals of a UK competition using a form of kick-boxing known as “vale tudo” or no rules. In 1994 he went to the Philippines representing England in a specialised martial art called Eskrima and won a gold medal. The sport involves a 28- inch baton. He later became the English number two in the vale tudo style.
A JUDO champion has been questioned about the record £53 million armed robbery on the Securitas cash depot in Kent.
Chris Bowles represented Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and at the peak of his career was a European and British champion.
[...]
The kick-boxer, now in his middle 30s, has fought in professional fights across the South East, and also stars in a brutal DVD fight called Extreme Fighters. Neighbours say he has not been seen at his home for some days.
He trained at a club in Tonbridge and in 1999 reached the finals of a UK competition using a form of kick-boxing known as “vale tudo” or no rules. In 1994 he went to the Philippines representing England in a specialised martial art called Eskrima and won a gold medal. The sport involves a 28- inch baton. He later became the English number two in the vale tudo style.