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GEM THIEVES IN EASY RIDE
Police ‘inactivity’ allowing scooter gangs to target jewellers
POLICE are struggling to put the brakes on scooter gangs targeting luxury jewellers in the West End.
Reports of thieves using sledgehammers to smash shop windows and making getaways on motorbikes have become a weekly occurrence.
And the crooks are growing in confidence with police relying on chance sightings for arrests. It is believed the rising trend has earned millions of pounds for a criminal mastermind boss employing teenagers to carry out the raids.
An inquest into the death of a 19-year-old gang member this week revealed: “The perpetrators are becoming more confident due to apparent inactivity of police.”
Mischa Niering died after crashing his scooter following a high-speed chase through Belgravia.
A police driver was discharged after last month pleading guilty to dangerous driving in court. > full story |
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Rough sleeper killed at Marble Arch, jury told
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HUNDREDS of tourists watched as police turned a garden in the shadow of Marble Arch into a murder scene. > more |
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Painting the town green - A LEADING arts college plans to pilot a pollution-absorbing paint on its buildings to improve air quality. > more
Neighbours celebrate new social centre - A NEIGHBOURHOOD regeneration scheme took a great step forward yesterday with the launch of a new crime-fighting... > more |
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