Men carrying knives barge into young mum's home in Westcliff (From Southend Standard)
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Men carrying knives barge into young mum's home in Westcliff
1:59pm Sunday 23rd September 2012 in News
A KNIFE weilding gang barged into a young mum’s home and demanded money from her.
Police are urging witnesses to come forward after the aggravated burglary in Fairfax Drive, Westcliff , at about 5pm on Saturday, September 22.
An Essex Police spokesman said a woman in her twenties was at home with her young children when three men ran across the back garden and into the house.
He said: “Two of the men had knives and demanded money. They searched the house and the woman ran out of the door and called police. Nothing was taken and the men made off.”
The first suspect is described as a black man, stocky, aged mid to late 20s, about 6ft tall with a beard and wearing dark clothing.
The second man is described as black, skinny, aged mid to late 20s and in dark clothing. The third is a black man, skinny, aged mid to late 20s and also wore dark clothing.
Anyone with information should contact Det Con Chris Adam at Southend CID on 101, or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comments(15)
sosad 1
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6:33pm Sun 23 Sep 12
E-Types...
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6:39pm Sun 23 Sep 12
sosad 1 wrote:They havent shown up yet!
look out here come the racists !
They must be out throwing stones at homeless people.
aduksquack
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7:25pm Sun 23 Sep 12
E-Types... wrote:Their knees are all jerking so hard under the Mayhem raid story they can't find their way here.
sosad 1 wrote:They havent shown up yet!
look out here come the racists !
They must be out throwing stones at homeless people.
leigh-my-town
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8:15pm Sun 23 Sep 12
MO MONIKER
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9:19pm Sun 23 Sep 12
Alec Cikes
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9:50pm Sun 23 Sep 12
Let's hope that the cops pick up these men in black: Mr Stocky and the two Mr Skinnies rather sooner than later. These Herberts need to be taken off the road.
donkey rhubarb
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11:12pm Sun 23 Sep 12
I hope that Westcliff hasn't
got to the state now that groups of men
are simple running through gardens
and forcibly entering random house's
to see what they can get. If that's the
case won't be long before someone
gets seriously hurt or worst.
Hopefully the Police are on top of this.
boom
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11:28pm Sun 23 Sep 12
MO MONIKER wrote:Knowing the skin colour of the victim is irrelevant, the description of the knife-wielding 'men' is what IS important. They had black skin. Relevant. I hope the young victim recovers and the 'men' are caught soon.
color dont make no diffrence.fact is they was black.dont say what color the girl was tho dose it.might have been black to.dont make no diffrence
fletch12107
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7:22am Mon 24 Sep 12
pudsey
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8:27am Mon 24 Sep 12
beyond the valley of the asbos
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9:39am Mon 24 Sep 12
e.uk/foi/pdfs/disclo
sure_2011/july/20110
50004143.pdf
knife crime by ethnicity page 4 met stats, for the hand wringers. presented without comment
Bosniavet
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9:59am Mon 24 Sep 12
donkey rhubarb wrote:As a resident of westcliff, I sincerely hope you're correct in your hypothesis. Certainly seems to point towards a targetted attack, although I suppose they could have got the wrong place. Regardless of this, I hope the young woman & her family are ok.
I always think when you read about incidents like this, that there must be more to it. I hope that Westcliff hasn't got to the state now that groups of men are simple running through gardens and forcibly entering random house's to see what they can get. If that's the case won't be long before someone gets seriously hurt or worst. Hopefully the Police are on top of this.
naffeville
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11:43am Tue 25 Sep 12
grippie
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4:23pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Eric Whim says...
5:03pm Sun 23 Sep 12
wielding