robbery

As the old music hall song goes: “If you want to know the time, ask a policeman”. The constabulary of Kingston upon Thames are particularly blessed with horological insight after being pelted with wristwatches. Thieves smashed into Fraser Hart Jewellers in Kingston’s loveable Bentall Centre …

An armed raid on a bank in Ashford, on the western edge of London has reportedly ended peacefully. A man ‘in his 30s’ has been arrested at the local branch of Barclays after taking a number of hostages. Eleven people were released about an hour …

So many puns, so little time. The getaway driver for a £175,000 robbery last December managed to evade police in a high speed chase despite having no arms. Sadly for this story, he wasn’t fingered by an informant; he and his three friends finally felt …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 7th September 1978: Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is stabbed in the thigh with an umbrella whilst walking across Waterloo Bridge. He soon develops a fever, is hospitalised, and dies three days later. A post-mortem reveals a metal pellet …

Six helmeted robbers broke into a Knightsbridge jewellery store last week and made off with £2 million-worth of swag (or half that, according to the BBC). A motorbike-gang pulled up outside the Mozafarian shop at 11am last Wednesday. Unlike their Mayfair predecessors, this troupe eschewed …

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 …

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 …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 8th September 1915: During the first bombing raid on London of the First World War, a Zeppelin drops incendiary bombs near Fenchurch Street. Tuesday – 9th September 1960: Hugh John Mungo Grant is born in Hammersmith. He would …

A group of men robbed a St Pancras telecommunications firm on Thursday evening by dressing up as policemen, in a plot bearing a touch of Alanis Morissette about it. The thieves were let into the building by one of the firm’s employees, after claiming to …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 26th November 1983: An armed robbery at the Brinks Mat warehouse near Heathrow Airport becomes the largest heist in British history, as £25 million worth of gold bullion is pinched. Tuesday – 27th November 2000: 10-year-old schoolboy Damilola …