Mugging Woodwarde Road

[Sicilia]

Just to make people aware two guys on a black moped tried to mug me on my way home from work at 6pm. Asked for time and quickly tried to steal my phone and bag. Received a punch when I threw my phone over a local fence and consider myself very lucky it wasn't worse. Please keep an eye out if walking around this evening as police say they may target others- it's a stolen moped.

[rosythebadger]

I think I nearly got run over by these guys in forest hill (just outside the station) around 6.10 - they went roaring through a red light up Dartmouth road.

Hope you're not too shaken up.

[phobic3000]

Cowards.

[Sicilia]

I'm sorry to hear and glad you are ok. Police said they would be patrolling the area, I guess they are very unlikely to catch them though. Have learned my lesson about walking along with head stuck in emails.

[Mrs TP]

Oh big brave men - no sorry a***holes. Hope you did give them a good thump and you not too shaken up.

[Sicilia]

Unfortunately he thumped me when I threw my phone over the fence. Silly really should have just handed it over but you don't always think sensibly in the heat of the moment.

[shelly2012]

I live on Sydenham hill and their is mo ped going up and down hill . I wonder if these are same people

[Jeremy]

Hope you're OK Sicilia.

Throwing the phone over the fence was an interesting tactic... could have turned at badly for you. But personally I'd rather take a punch and not give them the satisfaction of stealing from me, so I personally applaud you (even if I wouldn't recommend your strategy to others!)

[Laur]

You never know how you will react under the circumstances so I'm glad to hear that you are ok Sicilia,

This happened just last month

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1497547,1497563#msg-1497563

[PeckhamRose]

shelley2012 I am hoping that if you thought the moped was driving dangerously and was black with two black guys on it you could take the registration number or as much as poss and call police.

[peckham_ryu]

I Hope the thump wasn't too bad, Sicilia. Nice tactic on the phone throwing, and bear in mind if they were savage enough to throw a punch, they might very well have done that regardless of whether you complied with handing over possessions. It wouldn't be surprising if they already decided on that when they 'interviewed' you (I.e.asked the time). Violent criminals do not follow anything like the rules that we do, they don't have a sense of fairness. It's nice to know you confounded them.

[Pugwash]

You do not know how you would react in the same situation. When I was mugged getting into my car at Sainsburys DKH some years ago I ran after the guy who jumped into his car and punched him in the face and hung on to the steering wheel trying to force him to stop. Police asked me why as an 'elderly person' I did this - I said I did it as I was so angry that he had dared to take my bags.

[JohnL]

Pugwash Wrote:

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> You do not know how you would react in the same

> situation. When I was mugged getting into my car

> at Sainsburys DKH some years ago I ran after the

> guy who jumped into his car and punched him in the

> face and hung on to the steering wheel trying to

> force him to stop. Police asked me why as an

> 'elderly person' I did this - I said I did it as I

> was so angry that he had dared to take my bags.

I'm pretty sure muggers can pick out the people who

will react explosively - and avoid. Repressed anger

is something to see when it comes out in the British.

[phobic3000]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> shelley2012 I am hoping that if you thought the

> moped was driving dangerously and was black with

> two black guys on it you could take the

> registration number or as much as poss and call

> police.

I don't want for this to turn into the usual race debate but the OP didn't mention that they were black guys did they? Not sure where the assumption came from.

[edcam]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> shelley2012 I am hoping that if you thought the

> moped was driving dangerously and was black with

> two black guys on it you could take the

> registration number or as much as poss and call

> police.

Why would someone do that? It's something you see pretty much every day in South London. Why are you assuming they were black?

[uncleglen]

In some circles there is an unspoken assumption that if there is a full description of perps that they are white because it says so, but if the colour and description are missing then the perps are not white

[stevie23b]

they don't like it 'up em'

[Rolo Tomasi]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> In some circles there is an unspoken assumption

> that if there is a full description of perps that

> they are white because it says so, but if the

> colour and description are missing then the perps

> are not white

Not a circle that I move in thank god.

[Mrs TP]

Sicilia - sorry to hear it was you that got the punch :( Still do like the tactic of chucking your phone over the wall. As someone said above, crims don't play by the rules, so may have hit anyway - buggers. Hope you ok.

[FitnFearless]

@Sicilia, sorry to hear you went through this. Good thinking (or reaction) throwing your phone over the wall. There's nothing much they could do at that point and time is not their ally so it would have been very risky for them to escalate the situation further.

I hope you're OK.

[Dunstans_Jools]

I saw two kids with their faces covered by hoodies and scarves, driving the wrong way up the pavement in Dulwich Village - kind of near the interchange nr Audi garage. They were clearly driving a stolen moped. I tried to take a photo, but they were too quick! Hope you're okay.