Ladbrokes Manager Stabbed to death

A police cordon was put up in Morden today after a serious incident.

The incident took place in Aberconway Road, at the one-way system around Merton Civic Centre, and there is a police cordon around Morden police office and Ladbrokes bookmakers.

Two independent residents have said they heard the incident was a "stabbing", but this is yet to be confirmed by police.

It`s on Twitter. Saying fatal stabbing in Morden. Terrible news.

dreadful go into work saturday morning ,dont come home

these shops have thousands of pounds in them, and shockingly manned early morning and evening by one staff, they also have to take all the flak from all the addicts on the machines. Ladbrokes and all bookmakers should be ashamed of themselves

The big firms should, certainly. elis - but this doesn't apply to all bookies.
I hope the police look harder for the perpetrator than they usually do for crimes against betting shops.

If it was over a loser losing on a FOBT, Then perhaps Ladcrooks won't want to press charges anyway..RIP Poor guy

sad news.

rip

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10444535.Serious_police_incident_in_Morden/

R.I.P

shocking news, poor chap. 18 years in prison?

throw away the key.

Man murdered at Labrokes betting shop in Aberconway Road, Morden

5:31pm Saturday 25th May 2013 in Top stories  By Omar Oakes  http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/topstories/10444535.Man_murdered_at_Labrokes_in_Morden/?ref=nt

A man has been murdered at a betting shop in Morden.

Officers were called to Ladbrokes, in Aberconway Road, Morden, after paramedics discovered the dead man at the scene at 10.30am.

He was a 55-year-old who had suffered serious injuries.

A police spokesman said it appears the man was attacked in the shop by a lone, male suspect.

Police did not say whether the victim was a member of Ladbrokes staff or a customer, or whether the murder was committed in connection with another crime.

Metropolitan Police officers from the homicide and serious crime command are investigating and are awaiting confirmation for the man's next of kin to be informed, before he identified.

A post-mortem examination will be held at noon tomorrow at St George's Hospital mortuary.

A cordon was put up around the Ladbrokes shop and Morden police office next door.

Police did not say whether the victim was a member of Ladbrokes staff or a customer, or whether the murder was committed in connection with another crime.

No details have yet been released by police about the suspect. There is also no information of any arrests made.

The spokesman said it is not known at this time whether any money was taken.

Anyone with information should call police on 020 8721 4054. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

Ladbrokes spokesman Ciaran O'Brien said : "Ladbrokes can confirm that following a serious incident this morning at a shop in Morden a staff member has died.

"The company's priority at this time is to provide the family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies, with all the necessary support at this difficult time. We are also providing every required resource to assisting the police in their investigation."

yes im sure you care Ladbrokes.

no way any top bookies should be manned by one person, 10.30 am I bet only 1 man in since 8.00.

all my sympathy with the gentlemans family, rip

All the money these bookmakers make and they can't afford security for staff.
Sick.

A rancid company,they dont give a **** about employees or customers for that matter,profit is king,they're all the same mind you (afaik)

bit fcking late offering sympathy and support ladbrokes

if you cared you wouldn't make people work on their own

"The company's priority at this time is to provide the family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies, with all the necessary support at this difficult time.

pity they didn't think of offering him more support in the first place, ****

Extraordinary to think that Cyril Stein, the hardest-nosed, most cynical and most profit-driven boss of any bookmaker in his day, said that if one of Ladbrokes' shops couldn't be profitable with two members of staff at all times, then it shouldn't be open.

that was back in the good old days... still, at least they don't bribe jockeys any more, eh 

just heard bsd sad news
RIP to man involved
shocking

Some sub human who walks the streets armed with a knife stabs a guy and you lot blame the bookies.

^ clown - nobody's blaming labdrokes directly for the murder, but they should not leave staff so exposed

wonder if an open counter ?

So if two people where there he wouldnt of got stabbed? Loads of staff work single handedly, community nurses getting mugged for drugs, delivery drivers, shop staff, self employed, driving instructors, Peter Barlow etc etc...clown whats special about a bookies

121.5, don't be so stupid

the risk would be significantly lower

elis shut up you dough peak hunt

The local Ladbrokes who my mate is the manager, opens on her own, gets a cashier between 1 and 6 and closes on her own. Her husband sits in the shop in the evening to look after her.

Such a shocking thing that happened today and my deepest sympathies to the man's family. You go to work to earn a crust and end up paying the ultimate price. So very sad.

community nurses getting mugged for drugs... etc

that makes it ok?

121.5 , how old are you nearly 19 I presume with your joining date  simply no common sense have you

Yes its ok fool

go off this thread please, have a bit of respect to whats happened

i used to be a manager of a betting shop,single manned shops are dangerous and should be illegal
R.I.P

I was simply pointing out that some scumbag has done this terrible act and the idiots are pointing the finger at the bookies...elis you piped in with a childish comment and then have the audacity to ask me to leave...have a word with yorself.

I think you understand the argument perfectly well 121.5, you're simply being perverse - your'e probably a bit tetchy as it's past your bedtime, were you allowed to stay up for the footy?

So if two people where there he wouldnt of got stabbed?



elisjohn
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121.5, don't be so stupid


A look at the sentence above renders your plea obsolete, elisjohn.

never made news down here

are they going to catch the scum - who was he??  any description??

"The company's priority at this time is to provide the family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies, with all the necessary support at this difficult time. We are also providing every required resource to assisting the police in their investigation."

What a load of bollocks.

Hey betfair cant you remove complete lies like "The company's priority at this time is to provide the family, to whom we extend our deepest sympathies, with all the necessary support at this difficult time. We are also providing every required resource to assisting the police in their investigation." (but surely the police should be questioning ladbrokes, dont see many banks single manned do you) this is a company who bar winning customers, there only concern is there FOBTS, they shove young females into single manning (womaning if you like) then they have the bare faced nerve to pretend they care.......... THESE PEOPLE ARE PURE SCUM, never mind, as long as Richard Glynn got his bonus, of course you care ladbrokes !

bet the shop is opened today

Possibly got more to do with the removal of bandit screens than single manning?  unless he was stabbed out in the shop sticking papers up or filling up slip dispensers.

Stabbed after being outside for a ciggy break, So screens not an issue..

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10444648.UPDATE__CCTV_images_reveale...

Think I know the fella helped me withdraw from internet account few weeks back ,if that is him

hows ur mum slip ?

Yeah still hanging in there nanny just about, thanks for your message the other night mate, much appreciated. I'll go to the quarter finals of the Derby as I always do. We have a table booked in the restaurant already and hopefully I'll see you then.

ok mate we will have a beer or 2

i bet he felt safe having a smoke next door to a police station

Even if screens are not the issue in this case, all shops should have them.

When a manager is there on his own on dark winter nights, the coonts at the top of the tree are settled in in a comfy chair watching television.

If you had 5 people in one factory working in unsafe conditions, Health and Safety would go apesh1t.

The bastards at the top of this game know they have staff over a barrel, as industrial action in one or two shops will mean fack all, they will just bring in relief staff.

It's about time ALL BETTING SHOP STAFF stuck together and said 'You have two weeks to get us screens, or we don't open.'

They can't possibly sack them all, and for every one they did sack, there should be an unfair dismissal case.

Alternatively, they walk out and claim for constructive dismissal. 

And people slag off unions ffs.

It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

I was in a will hill today and asked the manager whether it was one man working. It was and I asked him about the absence of screens.  He said that head office deemed the town to be safe.  Yeh, right, there has murders, rapes etc in the last year.

I was made redundant many, many years ago from my usual job when the company moved to wales and I did not want to go.  I had a fair settlement package so I thought I would treat myself and work in a bookies with my first love of horseracing.  I started off as a cashier but was quickly promoted to head office.  However, when I worked as a cashier before the start of horseracing the manager who was supposed to working with me was always down the pub!  But I do not remember being frightened of being on my own.  It was different times in those days.  I do not think that there was one man working in those days.  I would not work in the same shop today on my own.

When I was a manager, I was there all day. The only time I left the shop was to go to the bank. Mind you, this was in the days before lots of night racing.

Iirc, the only evening meetings were at Alexandra Park in London, and I used to leave the blower on al night for punters to listen to at the letterbox. The law was made by The Home Office that all betting shops should be closed by 6-30 p.m. 

This means that the big bookies got the law changed to suit them.

managed for Ladbrokes got out when the evening racing kicked off .now u have the added attraction of dealing with lunatics who have done their brains on the roulette ,smashing machines up etc ,staff are little more than security guards looking after the money, very
rarely go into shops these days cant stand the places tbh..

It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

Never a truer word.

It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

Never a truer word.

It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

How does a union stop something like this happening?

Lack of the death penalty that keeps the public unsafe.

Yep. That's why there's hardly any crime in the United States.

It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

clive82
How does a union stop something like this happening?

A union would ensure that all shops had saftety screens

The problem with these rancid firms, is that if the staff do go on strike,they can sack them,  and get a retard in to do the job.
Not being disrespectful to the staff but, if all you have to do is put a bet through a till, when placing it or settling it and emptying the FOBT'S.Then anyone can do it... the poor guy who died had been there 15 years i read, i bet he went on a settling course, and knew about betting as well, unlike the staff they employ nowadays.

a hammer to the head,nasty

More money overnight in the shops now these wretched FOBT's have taken over, and in turn attracting all the vermin that normally hang around those town centre amusement arcades, that nobody can understand how they turn over a profit, but this is because they are often a front for something else. This in turn bound to make them more of a target. Single manning busy shops after 8 o'clock is a disgrace, doesn't matter who you are, you need eyes in the back of your head when you come out from behind the counter. Sh1te wages in the main being paid to those merely in need of a job and with no career ambition whatsoever, working for parasites who in the main don't give a fukc. Over 75% of betting shops these days seem absolute soulless cesspits. RIP indeed.

Have every sympathy with the staff but they do need to get a backbone as they accept everything Head Office throws in their direction.

The District or Area Manager usually decides what shop is safe re single manning which is a ridiculous situation.When I worked for Joe and they asked me to single man I flatly refused and phoned the Health n safety dept of the local council.Chap visited and agreed on my stance, so you then had the situation of me refusing and everyone else as usual bending over,everyone needs to unite.

Not everyone is gonna' have the balls to go with that though, nortons - Especially younger staff, who of course are fully aware of how disposable they are. When I left Corals, I said to my Area and District Managers that no way should the shop be managed in the evenings by a woman on her own. My deputy at the time was only a 22 year old, and she was asked to act up as manager on my leaving. Within ten days, she got jumped when locking up. Wasn't injured, but was roughed up a bit.

do the bookies CARE about there STAFF?

single manning and FOBTS no screens was the reason i left Korals got held up twice

now working for train company and they now want to take down the screens, utter madness

lots of single manned/womaned stations

they answer yes but its ok in LONDON( about 15 staff around min)

the fact the BTP are everywhere at the main London stations with guns might help

any description of this scum  !!??

http://www.london24.com/news/cctv_appeal_over_morden_bookmakers_death_1_2210644

nortons 27 May 13 14:29 Joined: 29 Aug 02 | Topic/replies: 593 | Blogger: nortons's blog
Have every sympathy with the staff but they do need to get a backbone as they accept everything Head Office throws in their direction.

The District or Area Manager usually decides what shop is safe re single manning which is a ridiculous situation.When I worked for Joe and they asked me to single man I flatly refused and phoned the Health n safety dept of the local council.Chap visited and agreed on my stance, so you then had the situation of me refusing and everyone else as usual bending over,everyone needs to unite.

YES - that's why union representation is essential.

I notice there is no WRITTEN description just a photo  ha ha!!!   If you get my drift. As you can't say the word in these delicate times.

clive82 27 May 13 00:13 Joined: 06 May 10 | Topic/replies: 942 | Blogger: clive82's blog
It's the lack of a union that keeps these staff unsafe.

How does a union stop something like this happening?

Lack of the death penalty that keeps the public unsafe.

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Proper union representation would ensure the fitting of bandit screens and the cessation of single manning, for a start.

Plenty of states in the US have the death penalty and/or 100 year sentences. The same states have mass shootings in schools.

clive, you might at least garner a modicum of respect on the forum if you just confessed to being a front man for whichever firm of "booomakers". That and your ultra right views are so painfully obvious.

I recall 2 members of staff in each of 3 little bookies in town years ago, also employed was the board marker ,     I have been told that member of staff now has to clean the toilets in some shops

was this a robbery?

If he was playing the FOBT'S,of course it was robbery.

shop still closed cordoned off

not sad its closed just for the manager and his family

there is a powers stan james and hills within 500 yds of lads

must be a great atmosphere amomg the staff in them ..

A guy leapt the counter in my local shop (fully manned) with a sword last year and made off with the float. He was a druggie, well known locally and is in the clink now.

Why on earth did they take the bandit screens down?  Years ago they were there in every shop, but gradually they were taken down, in the interest of profit?

the guy that did it looks like an arse transplant that went wrong

They took the screens down in the interest of customer service ,no doubt some fooking rsole in a head office thought it would be
a good idea so as you can communicate with the customers on more friendly terms ,when I worked for ladbrokes it was suggested
staff struck up converstaions with customers regarding sporting events I.e a football match that might be on that night ,you
were then supposed to bring the conversation around to a betting market that might be available on the match I.e correct score market, in the hope the dopey bastard you have just been talking to would place a bet, you really cannot make it up how low some
of these companies can get ,and the shyte is left for the shop staff to deal with ....
I would imagine with the FOBT and cartooon racing every minute things are a lot worse than they were in my day ...

Last time I went into a Ladbrokes shop in east London was about 2001.

It was a big shop with plenty of people in there as it was a Saturday morning. There was a group of 7/8 men playing roulette on an FOBT, and the display said that they had over £800 in there.

I was in there for about 15 minutes talking to a few mates, and at first the group on the FOBT were cheering, I assumed they had winning numbers. But when I left they had £4 left in the machine, and none of them had been to the counter to be paid. After I lweft , an argiemnt broke out . None on the locals knew what it was about as they were all shouting at each other in an eastern european language.   

The Ladbrokes shop in Wisbech is going to become a 'one man shop', but in this instance, the manager is a woman, and she has had to call the police on numerous occasions, when drunks go in there for a kip in the afternoon when they have no work from the local employment agencies. She has no safety screens in there, neither did the shop in London.

Nobody cares, until they get robbed.

Shop still closed loads of flowers outside ,the word is he was actually hit with a hammer ,there is a bandit screen in the shop
some reports say he was havibg a cig outside but others saying he was tricked with the bloke saying problem with FOBT ..

word on the street someone has been arrested apparently a local

Be back betting in the same shop in 15 years.Joke of a country .RIP poor man.

casemoney 30 May 13 02:28 Joined: 04 Aug 06 | Topic/replies: 5,949 | Blogger: casemoney's blog
word on the street someone has been arrested apparently a local



Word on the street? You mean a rumour?

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/50842

To make it compulsory for high street bookmakers to have 2 members of staff present during opening hours

Responsible department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

To Properly regulate the betting industry in regard to staff, to acknowledge that staff have a right not to work in fear , alone , at any time of the day.
"Single manning" should be outlawed as a work practice, that a shop should be closed if 2 members of staff are not available.
There should be no "opt in" to any single manning policy so bookmakers have no way of bullying staff into "opt in" schemes , making them over time, compulsory practice.


Please sign.

I used to work for Hills 20+ years ago and was robbed once at gunpoint and twice outside the shop at knifepoint all in the space of around 12 months, (once going to the bank and once it appeared I was going to the bank but I wasn't) so this has bought back memories.  I guess I was unlucky, but it was a shop perfect for robbing as you had a quick getaway onto the North Circular and there was a particularly long walk, secluded in parts, to the bank.  I actually went on a lads holiday with a Ladbrokes manager who used to work in South East London and whom I haven't seen for about 10 years.  I recall his 30th birthday party and reconciled that made him 54 not 55.

I know betting companies generally treat their shop staff not well at all, but I don't have a problem with single manning at quiet times in quiet shops.  I'd be more concerned by the lack of bandit screens as I was threatened twice in my youth, and the screens at least gave me piece of mind.  The shop itself should close for good.  It's not fair for anyone to work with that atmosphere hanging over their head.

Clydebank, a WH manager and cashier who were attacked (and manager stabbed with scissors) in the Dalkeith branch last year were assaulted AFTER the culprit trashed the FOBT which had took his money, and who then smashed his way into the office with a stool from the shop floor. Sometimes bandit screens are useless.

Signed, VQ.

signed VQ

signed, VQ


Good luck

signed

signed VQ

signed

My understanding is he was having a cigarette outside the shop and was attacked by a psycho with a hammer walking past.  He wasn't found until one and half hours later when the cashier reported for work.

Clydebank - this from the thread on HR by Anaglogs Daughter.


Police arrest man over Andrew Iacovou murder

By GRAHAM GREEN  4:23PM 30 MAY 2013
racingpost.com

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Ladrokes betting shop manager Andrew Iacovou arrested a 21-year-old man in east London on Thursday morning.

He was taken to a south London police station, where he will remain in custody while inquiries continue.

Father-of-three Iacovou, 55, who had worked for Ladbrokes for more than 20 years, was bludgeoned to death at around 8.30am last Saturday when alone at his shop in Aberconway Road, Morden, in what is believed to have been a botched robbery attempt.

A Justgiving page set up for the benefit of his wife and children has already raised more than £16,000. To donate to the fund visit justgiving.com/AndrewIacovou.

The shop, which stands next door to Morden neighbourhood police office that was unmanned at the time of the murder, remains closed. Ladbrokes spokesman Ciaran O'Brien said there were no immediate plans to re-open the shop.

from what ive been hearing it appears the attacker was known in the shop still closed
loads of flowers outside ,would imagine there would not be too many people interested in working there..
the bloke in the cctv looks a lot older than 21 ..