Banker Fred slips back into Britain; FINANCE.Byline: STEPHEN MOYES FRED the Shred shuffled on to a plane yesterday with a look which seemed to say "please don't recognise me". Disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin, 50, was flying from Heathrow to his bolthole bolt·hole n. 1. A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing. 2. A place affording escape: on the French Riviera after enjoying a slap-up meal with Prince Charles as the outgoing chairman of the Princes Trust. Clutching a plastic bag and staring down, he appeared desperate to go unnoticed. Goodwin quit the Trust following the scandal that saw the Royal Bank rescued by a pounds 20billion bail-out, while he walked away with a pounds 16million pension pot. The former RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) chief has been in hiding to escape the outrage that accompanied his vast "reward for failure". But some doubted a Royal lunch was appropriate. The SNP SNP Scottish National Party Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily said: "While the Prince's Trust does a great job supporting young people, that Sir Fred's contribution is being marked in this way raises questions." Voice of Mirror: Page 10 CAPTION(S): FLIGHT Sir Fred Goodwin |
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