Police on Crystal Palace Road

[lindylou]

The road is taped off from Whately road. The police officer told me it's a firearms incident. Lots of police there and looks like a car mounted the pavement. Looks like they're searching in the drains.

[kristyl]

No car involved. Man with a gun tackled and taken away by ambulance.

All very shocking.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Blimey. Hope everyone is OK

[ianr]

Conviction: https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/six-years-and-nine-months-for-armed-thug-delivery-driver-attack/

[siousxiesue]

Thanks for posting, always good to see an outcome

ianr Wrote:

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> Conviction:

> https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/six-years-and

> -nine-months-for-armed-thug-delivery-driver-attack

> /

[mrwb]

Pretty shocking incident, if it's an unprovoked attack, surely the perpetrator needs sectioning! 6 years, out in 3? is ridiculously lenient!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Does some like a very light sentence on the face of things. Could have easily ended up in a death

[lameduck]

What was the purpose of the attack?

was it a robbery?

or somebody with a grudge.

[ianr]

There are quite a few other reports on the web. It looks to me as if almost all derive from thje police release https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-who-brandished-shotgun-at-victim-at-his-front-door-jailed-431601. That does include details of the three charges to which at various times the acccused pleaded guilty. They are all essentially firearms offences rather than offences against the person. The police release says "The circumstances around the incident continue to be investigated by detectives."

There's also a report, maybe the only one that appears to come from a reporter who was present in the court, at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9842985/Thug-posed-Amazon-delivery-driver-pulled-gun-father-jailed-six-years.html. It contains more information about the defendant, and quotes from his mitigation plea. It also includes "The victim did not want to proceed with a trial." which might conceivably be relevant to the scope of the charges.

[siousxiesue]

'The victim did not want to proceed with a trial." which might conceivably be relevant to the scope of the charges.'

I really hope he's ok and managed to get through this hideous ordeal, all best to him

[heartblock]

What an awful thing to happen, I do hope the father is receiving good victim support and all the services he needs.

[Sue]

heartblock Wrote:

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> What an awful thing to happen, I do hope the

> father is receiving good victim support and all

> the services he needs.

And the seven year old who was apparently there at the time.