The Metropolitan Police are hunting for an armed robber who had been frustrated in his attempted raid on a betting shop – then fired shots as he made his getaway on a bicycle.
According to the London Evening Standard, the man tried to rob the Holborn branch of Ladbrokes at around 8.30am this morning.
He is said to have threatened staff with a gun as he told them to open the shop’s safe.
But when they told him they had no means of doing so, he ran to neighbouring Lincoln’s Inn Fields where he got an a bike to make his escape.
As he did so, two shots were fired – by accident, police believe.
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We regularly come across stories of thieves using bicycles for their getaway, suited as they are to being able to move quickly through an urban setting in places police cars can’t get to.
Two years ago, we reported how a Freedom of Information request by the BBC had even uncovered three instances of Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme bikes being used by muggers to make their escape.
http://road.cc/content/news/98380-police-seek-armed-robber-who-fired-shots-he-made-his-escape-bike
According to the London Evening Standard, the man tried to rob the Holborn branch of Ladbrokes at around 8.30am this morning.
He is said to have threatened staff with a gun as he told them to open the shop’s safe.
But when they told him they had no means of doing so, he ran to neighbouring Lincoln’s Inn Fields where he got an a bike to make his escape.
As he did so, two shots were fired – by accident, police believe.
...
We regularly come across stories of thieves using bicycles for their getaway, suited as they are to being able to move quickly through an urban setting in places police cars can’t get to.
Two years ago, we reported how a Freedom of Information request by the BBC had even uncovered three instances of Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme bikes being used by muggers to make their escape.
http://road.cc/content/news/98380-police-seek-armed-robber-who-fired-shots-he-made-his-escape-bike
