"Fred the Shred," ex-RBS CEO and his GBP700K per year pension has some Brits pissed off

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Vandals target Sir Fred Goodwin's house and car

An anonymous email threatened further action against "criminal" bank bosses after the home of the former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, was attacked early today.

Lothian and Borders police were called to Goodwin's home in The Grange, an exclusive area of Edinburgh, at around 4.35am.

Thirty minutes later, emails were sent to media organisations by a group which reported the vandalism and threatened further action.

Goodwin has been at the centre of a row about the generosity of his £700,000-a-year pension. He stepped down from his job at RBS after the bank was propped up with £20bn of public money, which was later increased by an additional £13bn.

Three windows at the front of his £2m detached sandstone villa were smashed and the rear window of a black Mercedes S600, parked in the driveway, was destroyed. No one was hurt. Goodwin and his family were not at home at the time and are thought to be living abroad. The former RBS chief was said to be "shaken" by news of the attack...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/25/sir-fred-goodwin-royalbankofscotlandgroup