This morning's commute and other commuting stories

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Thoma

If anyone sees a pair of red light jumping jerks on a matt black scooter with no plates, they're wanted for a bag snatching.

I clocked them skipping the lights on St Paul's Road/Essex Road and arrived on the scene just after they'd whipped a rucksack out of the basket on a lady's bike.

I stuck around to give the Popo a decent description but lack of plates and full face helmets were a hindrance.

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Oliver Schick in reply to @Thoma

I really hope that's not going to start up again--there was a spate of it about ten years ago. It took the police ages to crack as they weren't allowed to pursue the culprits. Back then, it was mostly laptops in Ortliebs. The scooters were all stolen and kept in lock-ups nearby.

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h2o in reply to @Oliver Schick

There's been shit loads of thefts by scroats on scooters by St John St the last 18 months. Snatching phones and bags out of hands mostly.
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Thoma in reply to @Oliver Schick

It seemed like they new what they were after rather than just opportunism. I did think they looked odd out and about at that hour.

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