[B]Robbers armed with axes and bats rode motorbikes into an indoor shopping centre in north London and raided a jewellery store.
[/B]Six people on three bikes targeted Fraser Hart in Brent Cross Shopping Centre at 10:15 GMT.
The pillion passengers got off the bikes and smashed the windows, leaving with a haul of watches and jewellery.
They fled towards Hendon Central. The bikes were found abandoned soon after near a golf course.
No-one was injured in the raid but an elderly man was treated for shock at the scene.
The raid happened 15 minutes after the centre opened to shoppers for the day.
Eyewitness Claire Smalley said: "We looked out and we saw six men, two on each bike, pull up outside Fraser Hart and then they pulled out an axe and they were getting into Fraser Hart and telling everyone to stay back."
Sue Bangs from Hertfordshire, who was in John Lewis at the time, said: "It was very frightening. I could not believe it was happening.
"All the shops suddenly put down their shutters and we were locked in for a while. My heart was pounding."
Witnesses said the robbers appeared to have targeted Cartier and Rolex watches in the shop along with some other jewellery. The area of the shop that was targeted has been sealed off
Police believe the bikes pulled up at the entrance next to New Look where the pillion passengers got off and ran towards the ground-floor jewellers and broke the display windows.
They then ran back to the waiting motorbikes and fled.
Police said they found the bikes about 15 minutes later on Ashley Walk in Mill Hill.
The suspects were dressed in dark clothing and were wearing crash helmets with the visors down.
Det Supt Mark Strugnell said: "We are appealing to anyone who may have seen the sequence of events at the shopping centre, which had only just opened its doors to its first shoppers only moments before, and to anyone who may have seen the three motorbikes being driven from Brent Cross to Mill Hill."
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Fucking radical.
Metal as fuck
That's pretty metal.
That's pretty awesome.
Somebody watched Dawn of the Dead (the original one)
That's some pretty extrovert thievery there; a good thief should never need to do stick-ups like that.
Still, at least they didn't have guns on them, though an axe is still a pretty vicious weapon with a nasty bite if it connects.
[QUOTE=ironman17;38342308]That's some pretty extrovert thievery there; a good thief should never need to do stick-ups like that.
Still, at least they didn't have guns on them, though an axe is still a pretty vicious weapon with a nasty bite if it connects.[/QUOTE]
Looks more like an outright gang of robbers and not professional cat burglars.
[QUOTE=ironman17;38342308]That's some pretty extrovert thievery there; a good thief should never need to do stick-ups like that.
Still, at least they didn't have guns on them, though an axe is still a pretty vicious weapon with a nasty bite if it connects.[/QUOTE]
They got away, didn't they? I'd say they were just expert enough.
that's hardcore as fuck
oh fuck, mad max.
incredible
[QUOTE=matt.ant;38342244]
Sue Bangs from Hertfordshire, who was in John Lewis at the time, said: "It was very frightening. I could not believe it was happening."
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[quote] Sue Bangs [/quote]
:quagmire:
Reminds me of that Top Gear episode.
[QUOTE=Scot;38342677]Reminds me of that Top Gear episode.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;7e7R3y-qwZ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e7R3y-qwZ0[/video]
[QUOTE=_Kent_;38342521]They got away, didn't they? I'd say they were just expert enough.[/QUOTE]
The skill of a robber isn't the only factor in robbery; there's also the security of the place to take into account. In other words, even if you succeed, it might not be your skills that did it; it may have been the incompotence of those you were dealing with.
The latter principle can apply to any competitive sport, physical or digital. (not that thievery is a sport)
[QUOTE=ironman17;38343081]The skill of a robber isn't the only factor in robbery; there's also the security of the place to take into account. In other words, even if you succeed, it might not be your skills that did it; it may have been the incompotence of those you were dealing with.
The latter principle can apply to any competitive sport, physical or digital. (not that thievery is a sport)[/QUOTE]
Couldn't it be argued that the knowledge of where to steal from are part of the skills involved? You can't choose your battles in sports, typically.
[QUOTE=ironman17;38343081]The skill of a robber isn't the only factor in robbery; there's also the security of the place to take into account. In other words, even if you succeed, it might not be your skills that did it; it may have been the incompotence of those you were dealing with.
The latter principle can apply to any competitive sport, physical or digital. (not that thievery is a sport)[/QUOTE]
Well, for this case, I certainly wouldn't want to be a security guard, likely with only a taser if even that, against a motorcycle gang raiding a mall with axes as their weapons. Seems they had shit planned out, to an extent, and it also sounds like they were trying to make sure civilians weren't in their way.
Why did I get the Ain't No Rest for the Wicked in my head as I was reading the article?
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;38342724][video=youtube;7e7R3y-qwZ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e7R3y-qwZ0[/video][/QUOTE]
This was a proud moment for my town.
That's so fucking crazy.
And this is why we need a shit rating. Little doggie turd for icon, seriouly.
It seems King Radical's gang is at it again...
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Good thing no one got physically hurt. The thing that makes most robberies worse is the fact that innocent people get hurt. Pretty cool plan though.
How did they get the bikes upstairs?
Good thing none of them were riding Harleys and waving chains around their heads.
England can't take that much hardcore.
[QUOTE=Don Knotts;38345216]How did they get the bikes upstairs?[/QUOTE]
stopped on the escalator
In this topic: facepunch condoning robberies.
Riding through a place like that would make me a bit nervous, pretty sure you wouldn't have too much grip on those tiles.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;38345942]Riding through a place like that would make me a bit nervous, pretty sure you wouldn't have too much grip on those tiles.[/QUOTE]
I'll grip your tiles
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