Armed robbers strike at Shoebury jewellers (From Southend Standard)
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Armed robbers strike at Shoebury jewellers
4:20pm Tuesday 16th October 2012 in Echo News
MASKED robbers held up a jewellers in Shoebury armed with crowbars this morning.
They burst into Andrews Jewellers, in West Road, and threatened three members of staff.
They took some diamond rings and other items of jewellery just after 9.30am today.
The two men jumped into a waiting blue Citroen Picasso which was parked near to the vet surgery on Richmond Avenue.
This vehicle was recovered near Thorpe Bay Yacht Club on Barrow Sands a short time later.
Police want to speak to anyone who saw the PIcasso or saw thw crooks transfer into another car. Nobody in the shop was injured.
Anyone with information is asked to call Southend police station on 101.
Comments(10)
Eric Whim
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3:27pm Tue 16 Oct 12
well done. Wasn't that hard was it?
Basildon.lad.21
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5:15pm Tue 16 Oct 12
firedog
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6:48pm Tue 16 Oct 12
What a plonker,I hope you are the next victim,though you probably havent anything worth robbing.
Katiealicia
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8:26pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21
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10:19pm Tue 16 Oct 12
firedog wrote:I got a few things yeah that are probably worth robbing. Your mum is probably worth robbing though.
Basildon.lad.21
What a plonker,I hope you are the next victim,though you probably havent anything worth robbing.
Russ13
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8:34am Wed 17 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:From what I've heard these weren't exactly pros......
High professional criminals who I have some respect for. Much better then scumbags that rob old ladies, 12 year old kids, and usually only for a few quid. Hope the robbers dont get caught.
Their getaway route was down an alley behind the shops where they could have easily be cut off from their getaway vehicle which was parked near a fairly busy junction near a school and local shops where there would have been lots of people around.
That vehicle was abandoned near the Yacht club where again, lots of people would have been around.
And let's face it, when you're in Shoebury, there's only a few roads in/out of the area so the chances of being tracked by CCTV/ANPR cameras is pretty high.
Also, within an hour of the incident taking place, the police already had the name of their chief suspect.
I_hate_scum!
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8:13pm Wed 17 Oct 12
From his comments he obviously has a sad life, claiming benefits to spend on his drugs, aspiring to become like the thieving scum in this story.... Unbeleivable!
Russ13
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11:02am Thu 18 Oct 12
What a "pro" job that was lads, hopefully will get a nice little stretch for nicking some pieces of glass!
Tone-Fu
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4:31pm Thu 18 Oct 12
bery?
loonychoon says...
3:24pm Tue 16 Oct 12