On Jun 8, 11:44 am, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:
Thankfully in 40 plus years of travelling around London this is only the
second time someones tried to get my wallet and both times they failed.

I got on the 8:06 Richmond train out of Highbury & Islington this
morning and as usual it was packed. A guy pretending to be half asleep
with what looked like a full backpack in front of him kept leaning on
me, but I thought nothing of it. Luckily I have velcro on my pockets
flaps and I felt it being pulled and I then looked down to see his
fingers pulling at my pockets. I pushed his hands away and he did a big
waking up, not really knowing what was going on routine. He looked
awkward until the train came into Gospel Oak, where he got off and ran
up the platform. I did notice the rucksack was in fact empty and he'd
folded it over to make a hollow half football shape to hide his hands.

He was in his early 20's, about 6 foot tall and quite thin. Pretty
scruffy in trainers, jeans and a blue T shirt. Short dark hair with a
spotty face and really strong East European features.

So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets
are about !!

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach"

You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum

In message . com,
Adrian writes

So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets
are about !!

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach"

You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum


Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But
when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and
you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent
motive.

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach"

In ,
Edward Cowling London UK typed:

In message . com,
Adrian writes

So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick
pockets are about !!


You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum


Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella.
But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened
and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no
apparent motive.


But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by
reporting the incident



--
Bob

Fascinating!!

I have lived in East London for nearly 20 years and the closest I've come to being mugged was in Spalding, Lincolnshire on a visit to my childhood home area!!!!

Paula

In message , Paula
writes

I have lived in East London for nearly 20 years and the closest I've
come to being mugged was in Spalding, Lincolnshire on a visit to my
childhood home area!!!!

I've heard a few mugging stories and many seem to consist of a large
drunk asking for a pound in an aggressive manner. Hell, in North London
that's considered polite behaviour :-)

I feel safe on the streets of London, I feel sage on the NLL, I just get
really angry when people try to steal my hard earned cash.

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - Tony Blair says he's not going !"

In message , Bob Wood
writes
In ,
Edward Cowling London UK typed:

In message . com,
Adrian writes

So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick
pockets are about !!


You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum


Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella.
But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened
and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no
apparent motive.


But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by
reporting the incident

When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A
lone officer who was told it was a car theft !

As I'd lost nothing I decided life was too short to fill in pointless
forms on the Transport Police website. What action do you think they
would take ? Tick another box on this months statistics ?

Sadly we're living in an age where we have to look after each other.

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach"

But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by
reporting the incident

When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A
lone officer who was told it was a car theft !

As I'd lost nothing I decided life was too short to fill in pointless
forms on the Transport Police website. What action do you think they
would take ? Tick another box on this months statistics ?

Sadly we're living in an age where we have to look after each other.


Round my way, the police hardly turn up, just give you a crime number
for the insurance.

However, without fail, a civilian forensics technician will visit the
scene of the crime and, of course, wonders do they perform.

The reality is that those already known to the police and fully
inserted on the DNA database commit most of the crime. People in that
situation can't so much as fart in a lift anymore and get away with
it.

The problem isn't catching them the problem is what to do with them,
as invariably drugs will be playing a large part in their behaviour.

My magistrate neighbour had some thirty something bloke up before her
the other day for a stealing a 99p pack of bacon from the convenience
store. As she said, "What am I supposed to do with them? Here he is
thirty something and he can't even steal a pack of bacon without
getting caught, it's pathetic."

Drug addicts are out of control in need of treatment but there is
precious little treatment to be had and neither will there be, or
probably should there be, whilst there are waiting lists for hip
operations.

If it's any consolation to you and assuming he was on drugs then he
will surely pay a far higher price eventually (pretty soon usually)
than anything the law can throw at him.

In message om, allan
tracy writes

If it's any consolation to you and assuming he was on drugs then he
will surely pay a far higher price eventually (pretty soon usually)
than anything the law can throw at him.

Thinking about it he was far scruffier than if he was going on a
building site for the day and his face was covered in spots. Perhaps
this is his way of feeding a habit.

Personally I'd like to see all drugs dreciminalised for adult use. It
would stop the crooks making fortunes, and stop people needing to steal
quite so much to afford them.

--
Edward Cowling "Must Go - Tony Blair says he's not going !"

Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

Personally I'd like to see all drugs dreciminalised for adult use. It
would stop the crooks making fortunes, and stop people needing to
steal quite so much to afford them.

And put strichnine in one pack per thousand.

Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next
morning. A lone officer who was told it was a car theft !

You should have told the police a disabled person was double-parked outside
your house, they would have had two squad cars around in three minutes.