Thug on moped

[Arborealist]

At around 4am today my boyfriend had just got off the N63 at the Dunstan's Rd bus stop and was walking on Overhill Road towards our flat. He thinks he startled a youth on a moped trying to break into a car. The youth aggressively drove up to him shouting abuse. He then pulled what my boyfriend thinks was a hammer from the moped and started chasing him, driving on the pavement, along Overhill Road. He was forced to run and had to hide in someone's garden until the guy had accepted he couldn't find him and drove off. He then carried on to our flat and got in OK. Not trying to scare people with this story but just sharing information that might help others avoid being in a similar situation.

[singalto]

How awful! Poor him. What did the police have to say?

[Sue]

Thank goodness your boyfriend is OK.

That sounds really scary.

[Arborealist]

He reported the crime online. The form said the police will get in touch only if they need more info or if they plan to investigate the crime scene.

[James Barber]

Something like this should be a 999 call not filling in a form. Did he try 999 and not get a fast response?

[Callie]

Arborealist Wrote:

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> He reported the crime online. The form said the

> police will get in touch only if they need more

> info or if they plan to investigate the crime

> scene.

I'm surprised he went online to report it, why didn't he call 999?

[JohnL]

Callie Wrote:

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> Arborealist Wrote:

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> > He reported the crime online. The form said the

> > police will get in touch only if they need more

> > info or if they plan to investigate the crime

> > scene.

>

> I'm surprised he went online to report it, why

> didn't he call 999?

Probably as the guy was not in danger any more - would be tempted to go for 999 though.

Police seem to have no capacity left at all unless there's evidence to identify (so a reasonable chance of a conviction)

[rcmacf]

From my experience a 999 call for this would have an immediate response - it costs nothing and does not waste police time. You may be surprised both by how good (as well as bad) the police can be. They do want to nail these feckers, but they are stretched so thin these days.