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Whitehouse's errand: collecting medicine when mugging attempt happened

The Gone Fishing star was reportedly picking up medicine for his wife when the attack happened; the thief got nothing and a very annoyed pensioner.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN Overnight
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPaul Whitehouse was out collecting medicine for his wife on Friday night when he was attacked at a cash machine on Essex Road in Islington, AOL reports.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe was running an errand for his wife? That's a good husband.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe sixty-eight-year-old fought back and wrestled his card away from the thief, who reportedly fled empty-handed. His wife wrote that the man went scuttling off.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEmpty-handed. The thief went out on a Friday and came home with less than the pharmacy.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDawn French called it utterly not okay, and his wife urged people to stay super vigilant.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVigilant. Got it.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLater this half hour, Costco shoppers and the tricks up their sleeves. Do you know them?

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd say a man with a bank card and a prescription pickup is the most prepared person in London.

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