burglar suspect be aware

[lameduck]

Hi every body

about 5 minutes ago heard a lot of banging on my street door

really insistant knocking banging glass letterbox etc, thinking it was my sister

[ she usually knocks similar ] sort of code we have, anyway i shouted that you sue

a voice answered I AM LOOKING FOR A MARY, i went to the front window

a male mid 20's early 30's white, short dark hair local accent ran got into a silver grey saloon high performance type

car and sped off round the corner

have notified the police. i believe he was trying to see if this place was empty hence the knocking

with view to burglary, police have just been here similar call been made from woman on dulwich streatham border, car is a silver grey saloon 4 door looks nice doesnt look old just wish i could have got number

excuse bad grammer still a bit shaken

just dont want to read about more burglaries on this forum tonight

lynne

[J27]

Hi Lameduck,

Sorry to hear this - what a horrible experience and I'm not surprised you're shaken. So glad he didn't get in. See my recent post re Upland Road, where my neighbour's door was kicked in. Take care! J

[lameduck]

Thankyou J27

Thank god she stood her ground

with hind sight I wished i has stayed quiet and watched them from my window

they couldnt see me, but just to watch what their next move would be.

if it happens again i will try this, they are very daring this was 12.58

and lots of people about

take care be vigilant

lynne

[gus]

What a nightmare, so sorry to hear that, do you have any idea of the make of the silver car?

[lameduck]

no gus i dont

it was a nice car and as it pulled away it gave a loud roar so i think it had a largish engine

i might recognise the one who knocked on my door though, it wasnt a hatchback it had a boot

and quite large rear lights, as i am on a corner it turned it fast and my privet hid the number plate

i had heard via police similar events in merton and dulwich borders today

and poor lady in upland road J27s post only 3-4 minutes from me abandoned car i was wondering if it was the same one. never saw a van but there could have been one

keep vigilant

lynne

[Jacbuc]

Its probably better that you scared them off - the outcome of just letting them carry on almost certainly wouldnt have been good. I was woken in the middle of the night a couple of months ago and witnessed a number of young men behaving suspiciously out in the street and after a while of watching I called the police apparently they had stolen a motorbike from further down the street and disappeared down an alley - the police were out searching already and my call focused them on their whereabouts. They may or may not have caught them but they had also used their own car - a decent looking VW. Id be curious as to how far people are travelling to undertake these thefts

[stephen509]

Sorry to hear about that Lynne.

Do you have an alarm on your property? I would advise everyone get one.

[KidKruger]

sounds like we need some neighbourhood-watch type action round these here parts.

[singalto]

Could the car have been the silver Subaru reg GJ56HXV mentioned on another thread to do0 with burglaries? It had a noisy engine too.

[lameduck]

I dont know what one looks like

its possible the car looked newish , my car is 10 years plus so anything 5 or 6 years old is new

to me i will have a look on ebay at one of those models to see if it is familiar

thankyou

lynne

[lameduck]

could well be

just had a look at something called an imprezzia

and cant be wonderfully sure but could well be

i hope they catch these b.....ds

lynne

[mynamehere]

Upland Road has a Neighbourhood Watch group. PM me if you want your name added to the mailing list. The local Sergeant is Stewart Turnbull and contact for non emergency is: [email protected] 020 8721 2447. The main thing for NW is to not turn away if you see something. Don't think you're noisy if you're curious. Proper locks and windows. Lights that go on.

[singalto]

lameduck, if you have a look at the 'several attepmted break ins' thread, it might give you see if it's the same people/car..

[achaikos]

my mother had the same experience , as she is disable she couldn't open the door,

but they stole some item in my garden

dulwich is getting danger now.

gregory

[JohnL]

achaikos Wrote:

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> my mother had the same experience , as she is

> disable she couldn't open the door,

> but they stole some item in my garden

>

> dulwich is getting danger now.

>

> gregory

My feeling was it all went quiet after the riots in 2011 - were troublemakers all in prison?

Maybe it's going back to pre-2011.

[JDR]

There was a spate of burglaries earlier this year. Our neighbour foiled an attempt on our house. Then it was Underhill, seems they are setting a wider net this time....

[lommer]

Just an update, we had an attempted break in in Sydenham last night and I managed to scare them of. The police came round shortly after and mentioned a silver Subaru who had broken in somewhere in Beckenham early. I have just made the police who dealt with us aware of these and the car link.

[Max123]

Hi Lommer

What part of sydenham please?

[singalto]

Good news: two burglars were caught red handed yesterday in Ivanhoe Rd. Let's hope they are the guys we've been discussing on here. Well done to our police officers.

[cle]

Any more details on the Ivanhoe incident?

This Suburu seems to be popping up everywhere but the spread from Upland/Underhill area to Sydenham, Beckenham and then back up to Ivanhoe Rd is a bit random.

Probably, sadly, more than one lot at it.

[spider69]

singalto Wrote:

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> Good news: two burglars were caught red handed

> yesterday in Ivanhoe Rd. Let's hope they are the

> guys we've been discussing on here. Well done to

> our police officers.

Good news.yes. Bad news. caution and free tickets to Alton Towers from the court.

[Twirly]

A friend was burgled over in Herne Hill yesterday. Barstewards smashed the bay window in, luckily she and her 7 week old baby were out, but she's pretty shaken. How do you secure your house though if they are going to smash a large glass window in the middle of the afternoon?

[lameduck]

i do hope it is the same ones

i would feel much happier with them out of the way

but this is what they do,they skip from one borough to another

to evade capture

unfortunatley they dont throw away the key when they lock them up

IF they lock them up

well done boys and girls in blue

[singalto]

The police are asking people to report any sightings of 'loitering' cars, particularly the Subaru.