bjm Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just a note to please be careful.I was walking back from Honor Oak station yesterday at 5pm and putting my phone in my bag when a young skinny tall white guy ran from behind and grabbed my phone - twisting my hand to make me drop it.So please be careful with your phones and yourselves everyone. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppylucky Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Thankyou for the post and alerting everyone.Hope you are o.k, as it is not a nice experience to be mugged - you should report all details to the police,so they have a record incase the thief turns up again.Well unfortunately our streets are slowly becoming muggers paradise, badly lit, no police presence.Everyone must be vigilant especially outside Train Stations. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbboy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Whereabouts on Forest Hill Road did this happen? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 It was outside Cabrini House- I think that is its name- opposite the bus stop- nearly at the junction with Honor Oak Rise. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB100 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hope you are ok - something like that can really shake you up for a while - and many thanks for the tip off. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansus Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Think ive been approached by similar chap youve described, he stopped beside me and gave me a menacing look, before he had a chance to do or say anything i stepped behind him into the road and he nearly jumped out of his skin. Then i just stopped and stood in the road until he decided to walk off empty handed. Traffic wasnt happy, but tough, means you have lots of witness if they try it on again. If this happens to you, the stand in the road trick works quite well if its not in the dead of night. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonethebeaver Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 As I've said on another thread, the same thing happened to me last week further down Forest Hill Road. Although the guy that stole mine was black, he was with a white guy. Guy was blond? I hope you have reported this to the police. They've been great with me, and I know there's some CCTV footage of the guys that did me. If this is the same people, and the same thing happening on the same road suggests that's possible, they need to start building up a picture of them. They got me in to try to identify my mugger and are taking the whole thing very seriously.I do hope you're OK too. I was really shaken afterwards. It's a horrible thing to happen. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoser Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 As a young(ish) skinny tall white guy who walks to and from H.O.P. every day by that route, I'll keep an eye out for my evil doppellganger. And tell my girlfriend to be on the lookout too. Thanks for posting, and sorry for your experience. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRoad Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thanks for letting us know. That?s my route home at about that time, so will be keeping valuables stuffed in my pockets out of sight. Hope you?re doing ok, horrible thing to happen Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Basically - if you have an expensive phone, don't use it when you're walking alone unless it's essential. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I remember a chap on a bike lazily riding past the bus stop I was at and plucking the phone from a nearby lady's hand as she was texting into it.Oddly I got the impression he didn't care one way or another about whether he wanted the phone, it was more like a point of principle.He even gave her a shake of the head and a tut as he pedalled off with a look that said 'seriously love, what do you expect'. It's sad that that's how we have to live but Jeremy's advice is spot on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thank you for all your kind messages of supportI did report it to the police and they were amazingThe guy had brown/blonde hair yesIt wasnt even an expensive phone and I wasnt using it- just putting it back into my bag at the time! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renata Hamvas Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm sorry to hear about your phone theft, bjm, it must have been a great shock, especially at 5pm.:-$This is the first such theft I have heard about in this area. There have been similar incidents in Peckham Rye Park.Renata Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-458734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonethebeaver Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Well, as I said upthread, it happened to me on the same road last week, so not entirely an isolated incident. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralee Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 My neighbour got mugged yesterday, a SUNDAY afternoon outside Cabrini house around midday, I could not believe it. Luckily she is ok, it was a young black guy. This is obviously a hot spot for muggings of phones and it infuriates me that these two guys working in operation together think they can just grab phones off people and there's nothing you can do about it.They are working along the Forest Hill Road on the way to Honor Oak Park station, please be wary. They don't wait till dark, or collar people when no one is around, they are fearless and they obviously don't give a stuff. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The message is clear...flash your expensive items and you open yourself up for stuff. There is no phone call so important that it can't wait till you get to somewhere sensible enough to return the call. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralee Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Using a mobile phone is hardly flashing. If your phone rings, you automatically are going to open bag/get it out of your pocket to see who it is? It may be important, or you may be waiting for a call...we can't just go around waiting till we are in a 'safe' area to answer our phones otherwise we may as well not have a mobile phone!Really annoys me that we have to stop doing something because a couple of scumbags are on the steal. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Err it's called common sense.....it isn't that big a deal to ignore your phone for the x amount of minutes it takes to walk from A - B. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I still reserve the right to defend myself if necessary.I might, I might not - my mood can change drastically.Never make them think you will go easy - then you become an easy victim.DJKillaQueen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> The message is clear...flash your expensive items> and you open yourself up for stuff. There is no> phone call so important that it can't wait till> you get to somewhere sensible enough to return the> call. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Let's reclaim the streets and show these villains we won't be beaten. Everyone who owns a ?400+ mobile communication device should congregate around Honor Oak station during the hours of darkness and engage in absorbing conversations whilst holding said devices lightly between two fingers. I'm afraid I don't have one, but I'll be showing my solidarity tonight be leaving all my doors unlocked and piles of cash in clear view. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Oooh would that be what's meant by a 'flash' mob :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbboy Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 thanks for the update and warning, it is worrying these scum are operating so blatently, I hope your neighbour is ok. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozellen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I find it hard to imagine that 5pm in summertime on a busy road is an inappropriate time to make a phone call. Frankly I don't even have very good mobile reception at my home so the whole point is to be contactable by works and friends when I'm 'mobile'. Yes - if it's late at night taking extra precautions is just common sense but I do find myself wondering what some of you got mobiles for in the first place if you only intend to use them at the office and home...? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 And I wonder why some people feel the need to be at the end of a phone every minute of the day - horses for courses..... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozellen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hahaha. I would like very much not to be but the nature of what I do means I get work bookings by phone and it usually helps my bank balance if I answer it... I'm not advocating being reckless about using phones in public but it is frustrating when people are in my opinion using a phone in the light of day, on a busy road with both pedestrian and road traffic and still feel at risk. Sadly having a crap phone probably won't make a difference as I doubt they'll stop to check before nabbing it! Although I have known someone to have theirs returned when the mugger realised their haul wasn't so great after all. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18646-mugged-on-forest-hill-road-on-the-25th-july-at-5pm/#findComment-459984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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