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Camden New Journal - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 13 September 2007

Young are also victims

• YOU are right to report on the menace of muggers on the Finchley Road (Blitz on muggers who prey on pupils, September 6).
As is often the case, but less frequently reported, it is young people who are the victims of crime here, not the perpetrators.
Those who seek to demonise all youngsters should bear this in mind.
It is good to hear from Chief Superintendent Mark Heath that the Finchley Road area will be getting more attention. More CCTV cameras would clearly help.
Given that, I hope Councillor Chris Philp will be lobbying his fellow Tories for more funding for CCTV. Together with the Lib Dems, Cllr Philp’s Tories control the purse-strings. Residents in Camden want the council to take a lead in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, not cutting services.
MIKE KATZ
chair, Hampstead & Kilburn Labour Party, NW6

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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