Saturday, 28 August 2010

"If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing."

It seems Croydon Police are taking the words of Homer Simpson to heart:
Fomer policeman Graham Peacock, 65, caught a violent thief, on camera, stealing £90 from his till at the Security Centre in Purley on May 17.

Police issued the picture of a man called Leroy Lawless (Ed: no wonder he turned to a life of crime!) who they wanted to question in connection with the crime, however they have been unable to trace him through their appeals.
Oh, well. No doubt he'll turn up sometime, and they can then charge him with...

Oh. Wait:
Mr Peacock recently received a letter from the Victim Focus Unit which read: “We have reviewed the crime but so far there is not enough evidence to continue with further inquiries and the case will now be closed.“
But it's amazing what a little bit of shaming puiblicirty can do, isn't it?
A police spokeswoman said: “A thorough investigation has been carried out by Croydon Borough's Burglary squad and this has led to the suspect in this offence being identified. Although a number of enquires have been made to locate him, he is yet to be arrested. The suspect has been circulated as wanted and Police will continue to pro-actively seek him.

“Unfortunately, the victim was sent an incorrect letter advising him that the matter was being closed. I regret that this has happened, particularly in light of what was an excellent investigation by the Burglary squad and can confirm that Mr Peacock has received a personal apology on behalf of Croydon Police"
A mistake. Sure it was.
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4 comments:

  1. Fascist Hippy28 August 2010 at 12:29

    I see there is a reference to Mr Peacock punching the thief on the nose, If past examples of this sort of action are anything to go by I expect that Mr Peacock will soon be arrested and charged with assault.

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  2. Brian, follower of Deornoth28 August 2010 at 19:09

    You have to remember this is the police force that had dozens of witnesses present when a man was gunned down on a tube train. There wasn't enough evidence to prosecute anyone, for some reason.

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  3. JuliaM29 August 2010 at 06:36

    "If past examples of this sort of action are anything to go by I expect that Mr Peacock will soon be arrested and charged with assault."

    Nothing surprises me anymore!

    "There wasn't enough evidence to prosecute anyone, for some reason."

    And THAT CCTV material was unaccountably missing, too...

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  4. Anonymous13 June 2012 at 12:41

    WHAT A SCUMBAG THINK IT IS SICK TO STEAL £90 GET A JOB !

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