Police have picked up two suspects in connection with the record-breaking jewellery raid on 6 August. Armed thieves accomplished Britain’s biggest gem raid when they stole £40 million worth of bling from New Bond Street jewellers Graff. Police have now arrested two individuals but will …
“Try stealing me.” London’s battle with the burglars of bronze took a sad blow last week as a couple of memorials to fallen World War soldiers and civilians were taken from a monument in Broomfield Park, Enfield. The alloy is much prized on the scrap …
The heist of the decade got one step weirder today. According to the Standard, the two main culprits had their faces altered by an unwitting make-up artist before the raid. The Covent Garden cosmetician was bluffed into thinking the duo were to star in a …
Armed with the knowledge that a loop-hole in the law to protect endangered species had been closed, officers from the Met’s Wildlife Crime Unit were able to raid a Traditional Asian Medicine shop in Lisle Street, Chinatown yesterday and confiscate around 200 products believed to …
As close as Street View will let us go Almost £40 million worth of swag was half-inched in the 6 August New Bond Street robbery, police have revealed The demi-Ronaldo of goods were lifted from jewellery store Graff by a gang of armed robbers, who …
Image by of nicobobinus Does any good news ever come out of Haringey? The borough that’s notorious across the land for its social care tragedies has found itself near the top of a list of Britain’s burglary hotspots. Haringey sits in fourth place, and is …
Splat the Dog by Zefrog. Not so dangerous. Dog crime is becoming more of a problem than knife crime on Camden streets. The borough is still only 7th on the list of dog derived danger hotspots for the capital with Lambeth and Southwark leading the …
Image / 33mhz The “burger wrap brawl”, as it should be known to criminologists and social-despairers of the future, reached the ears of the judicial process this week. Croydon Crown Court today heard testimony from the police officers attacked by a mob last year after …
Remember the story about the fire attack on publishers Gibson Square (confusingly based in Lonsdale Square)? The company were due to publish the novel Jewel of Medina, which concerns a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, when a trio of Muslims took umbrage and decided to …
Image: freefotouk Yes, St John’s Wood. The toffo residential district seldom sees a misdemeanor more serious than a threateningly waved hockey stick. At 9pm last night, however, shots were fired in an incident on the High Street. Diners at the crowded Harry Morgan’s restaurant dived …
Image by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid A new scam on Facebook is using London as the locus of its fictional narrative. A security strategist has posted a report of how a Facebook friend’s account was hacked, and then used in a 419-style attempt at …
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