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VIDEO: Police fail to make arrests in London cyclist group punch-up despite numberplate and video evidence

Group of men in car punch cyclist and squirt liquid into his face
by Sarah Barth
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 09:17
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Police have failed to make any arrests in the case of an unprovoked attack on a group of London cyclists - despite video evidence showing the numberplate of a car containing men who squirted liquid into the cyclists’ faces and punched them.

The group of cyclists, including Sam Khamtonwong, were on a ride from Look Mum No Hands in east London, through Bermonsdsey on Wednesday.

Sam told London24 that the incident involved a silver Ford Focus registration V715 DTF.

 

He said: “We were halfway along St James’s Rd near Old Kent Rd at around 11pm when the attack happened.

“I started to overtake a few bikes down as the road was clear to do so.

“I double checked by looking back and I noticed the car was behind me so I politely moved into the gap on my left so I can let the car overtake.

“But he did overtake by rudely using a foul language saying ‘Get off the f***ing road’.

“I don’t know what was said to him as I was a bit far back to hear until I got closer and hearing the driver saying ‘do you want me come over there punch your face?’

“Obviously they were looking for some trouble without any reason.”

The three men in the car then got out and began punching the nearest cyclist, then turned to the rest of the group and began swinging more punches. They then squirted a liquid, thought to be de-icer, into the face of one cyclist.

A spokesman for the Met said: “Detectives from Southwark CID are investigating and are making enquiries to contact the registered owner of the vehicle that is believed to have been involved in the incident.

“Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this stage.”

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or with information should contact DC Pilar Marroquin-Grisales in Southwark CID via 101, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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lc1981 replied to drfabulous0 | 10 years ago
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drfabulous0 wrote:

Really? Don't you think a week is plenty long enough for them to look up a registration number and pay the owner a visit?

From experience, what the police will do is send the owner of the vehicle a form requiring them to notify them who was driving the car. It'll likely take them more than a week to get that information out of the owner.

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Eebijeebi | 10 years ago
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Yet another slanted headline from roadcc. I don't see that the body of the story deserves the anti police title. Is it something to do with encouraging web traffic? Sad anyway.

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tonyleatham replied to Eebijeebi | 10 years ago
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Ermmm.... violent incident including attack with an unknown chemical attack happens on Wednesday, and plod haven't managed to talk to the licensed keeper of the vehicle on Saturday - headline seems entirely appropriate to me

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oozaveared replied to tonyleatham | 10 years ago
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tonyleatham wrote:

Ermmm.... violent incident including attack with an unknown chemical attack happens on Wednesday, and plod haven't managed to talk to the licensed keeper of the vehicle on Saturday - headline seems entirely appropriate to me

Well what if the registered keeper is on holiday or otherwise not available and the car was being driven by someone other than the registered keeper.

I don't know and nor do you. But just because it was an attack on a cyclist doesn't mean it gets extra priority on police time over and above the stabbings and rapes and shootings and the plain old GBH in a pub, and a fair few muggings I don't doubt.

Nobody actually hospitalised or seriously injured, or actually injured means that it's a crime but there may be others more urgently in need of their time.

or should they have put out an APB?

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Nevans replied to oozaveared | 10 years ago
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oozaveared wrote:
tonyleatham wrote:

Ermmm.... violent incident including attack with an unknown chemical attack happens on Wednesday, and plod haven't managed to talk to the licensed keeper of the vehicle on Saturday -

Well what if the registered keeper is on holiday or otherwise not available and the car was being driven by someone other than the registered keeper.

But just because it was an attack on a cyclist doesn't mean it gets extra priority on police time. Nobody actually hospitalised or seriously injured, or actually injured means that it's a crime but there may be others more urgently in need of their time.

The vehicle owner is responsible for the vehicle. When it is flashed for speeding, or hitting another car, they can't just say I was out that day or left it somewhere, so it wasn't me. Its a cop out and no-one will ever get charged.

While it might not deserve extra priority, it sounds like one of those cases which will just be filed away and never taken further.

I doubt the idiots doing it tested the liquid on themselves (apart from sniffing it maybe), to see if it could cause blindness or other long-term problems.

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downfader replied to Eebijeebi | 10 years ago
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Eebijeebi wrote:

Yet another slanted headline from roadcc. I don't see that the body of the story deserves the anti police title. Is it something to do with encouraging web traffic? Sad anyway.

Personally I think a week should be long enough to trace said car and at least the driver. All the cop has to do is check the vehicle database.

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