Vandals attack Goodwin home - papers

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The £3 million Edinburgh home of Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), was attacked overnight.

The Times reports at least four ground-floor windows were smashed and a black Mercedes car was vandalised, said police, who were called at around 4.15am. The house is in the exclusive suburb of Morningside. Sir Fred has aroused a storm of controversy over the £16.9 million pension pot he was awarded after quitting RBS. He was instrumental in the 2007 purchase of parts of Dutch bank ABN Amro which brought RBS to its knees. Sir Fred's whereabouts are unknown. It is believed he is considering leaving Britain to avoid the growing row over his pension. HSBC is cutting about 1,200 jobs i...

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