use of ride on my own in the evening. use of mopeds ride on my own in the evening. tue: use of mopeds to ride on my own in the evening. tte: use of mopeds to carry ride on my own in the evening. t t2 use of mopeds to carry out ride on my own in the evening. tt2 use of mopeds to carry out street robberies is hardly new but normally involves things like mobile phones and handbags being stolen. tt is and handbags being stolen. it is iuite a and handbags being stolen. tit 3 quite a cowardly act but what they do is go two up on a moped which is predominantly stolen or not registered and they will actively patrol known footfall areas and snatch a phone or anything of high value, i watch, jewellery, these are items which can be quickly removed. this is the met police s operation venice in action and it says the unit has dramatically cut the number of thefts, but they are expecting the number of robberies to go up again as people are out on the streets in the lead up to christmas. it is not ha
sort of members previously, but it never sort of was members previously, but it never sort of was this bad. people being would sort of was this bad. people being would be sort of was this bad. people being would be shoved off a bike but they would be shoved off a bike but they were would be shoved off a bike but they were never weapons involved, or things they were never weapons involved, or things like they were never weapons involved, or things like that. it is they were never weapons involved, or things like that. things like that. it is really terrible. things like that. it is really terrible, horrendous. - things like that. it is really. terrible, horrendous. really things like that. it is really - terrible, horrendous. really quite scary. terrible, horrendous. really quite scary. and terrible, horrendous. really quite scary. and i terrible, horrendous. really quite scary, and i would terrible, horrendous. really quite scary, and i would certai
really? yes, absolutely. i probably wouldn t ride on my own in the evenings now. the use of mopeds to carry out street robberies is hardly new, but normally involves things like mobile phones and handbags being stolen. it is quite a cowardly act, but what they do is go two up on a moped, which is often stolen or not registered, and they will patrol known footfall areas and snatch that phone or anything of high value, a watch, jewellery, these are all items that can be quickly removed from an individual. this is the met s operation venice in action. it says the unit has dramatically cut the number of thefts. however, they are expecting the number of robberies to go up again as people are out on the streets in the lead up to christmas. it is not hard to understand why bikes are being stolen. they can be worth a fortune. how much, on average, do you think people in your club spend on a bike? i would say maybe about £1500
machete, at which point i thought, right, they are going to take this, so i had better leave it at that. the attacks have left cyclists in london fearful. these are members of the islington cycling club, which is the biggest in the capital. what was your reaction when you heard about what had happened to alex richardson? it was absolutely horrendous. it got sort of shared between all of us, and as soon as the news came out, everyone was sharing the story. we have had instances of things like this happening to some of our club members previously, but it never sort of was this bad. people would be shoved off a bike, but they were never weapons but there were never weapons involved, or anything like that. it is really terrible, horrendous. really quite scary, and i would certainly think twice about riding on my own now. really? yes, absolutely. i probably wouldn t ride on my own in the evenings now. the use of mopeds to carry out street robberies is hardly new,