BROMLEY: Gang robbery leaves teenage driver bleeding in College Road
8:10am Monday 29th June 2009 in
POLICE are hunting a violent eastern European gang who smashed their way into a terrified teenager’s car.
The late-night robbery saw five men surround a small hatchback in Bromley, kicking the car and screaming at the 19-year-old woman behind the wheel.
The group wanted the driver and her 18-year-old passenger to hand over their mobile phones.
One of the men then shattered the driver’s window and dragged the woman, who had spent the night at the Railway Tavern pub, onto the road.
The group grabbed her phone and sat nav before fleeing in a waiting silver Vauxhall Astra, leaving her bleeding in College Road.
Bromley Police’s Detective Inspector Jane Corrigan said: “This was a vicious and nasty attack that happened in a part of Bromley that is quite busy at this time of the evening.
“We're hoping to jog people's memories with the e-fit that the victim has given us. Someone out there must know this group.”
The teenagers’ ordeal began when they left the pub at around 10.45pm on June 17.
As the pair got into their car in East Street, Bromley, they noticed the gang watching them.
White and blue jumper
When the car slowly pulled away, the gang rushed forwards and tried to drag the occupants into the street.
The teenager valiantly turn her Fiat Seicento around and escaped, but was forced to stop for a red traffic light in College Road.
A police spokesman said: “The suspect vehicle had followed them and the five occupants surrounded the victim’s vehicle, kicking it and shouting and screaming at the victims to hand over their phones.”
The man who then smashed the car window is described as Turkish or eastern European in appearance, aged 18 to 20 and about 6ft tall.
He was wearing a striped white and blue jumper.
The other four suspects are also described as eastern European, all aged about 18 to 20.
The group fled the scene along College Road towards Downham.
Anyone who has any information should call DC Gavin Pitcher at Bromley Police on 020 8284 8785 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Comments(7)
rrwfatr
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9:48am Mon 29 Jun 09
MB
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10:13am Mon 29 Jun 09
"Turkish or eastern European in appearance" is a useless description as most Turkish people look quite different from Eastern Europeans. There are also a lot of decent people from a Turkish background living in SE and they don't deserve to have their country singled out to describe what was most likely a gang of Albanians.
georgefan
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12:17pm Mon 29 Jun 09
jca111
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3:31pm Mon 29 Jun 09
MB wrote:Ahh, now you see they were making a generalisation.
Why can't the efit be displayed to help catch the scumbags.
"Turkish or eastern European in appearance" is a useless description as most Turkish people look quite different from Eastern Europeans. There are also a lot of decent people from a Turkish background living in SE and they don't deserve to have their country singled out to describe what was most likely a gang of Albanians.
Exactly the same thing that you were doing when you say "most likely a gang of Albanians."
Now I'm sure there are plenty of decent Albanians living in the SE as well, so until these people are caught, lets not make any assumptions one way or the other.
madras
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3:56pm Mon 29 Jun 09
orpington_guy
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2:15pm Tue 30 Jun 09
Forget privacy, if you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to hide. This way scum who think they can steal, rape, murder, assault .etc. can be identified wherever they are in the world.
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sel61 says...
9:09am Mon 29 Jun 09
What scum,complete cowards.
Hope the women concerned make a good recovery & don't let these scumbags put them off from going out again. I work in Bromley & have noticed the diffrence over the years,it used to be a nice area.