Almost bottled in Elephant & Castle

No, it's not a serious consideration. Shit happens, to cyclists, to pedestrians, to motorists, to people in pubs, in their homes, everywhere. It happens but it is very, very rare. It's not something to get worried about; avoid the most obvious dodgy areas as much as you can and the rest you can do very little about. The idea that we have to start arming ourselves in order to ride in London is crazy talk.

what weould you say if it happened to either me or another innocent in the next week around 18.30pm? Whois to say that they haven't done it loads but just missed each time?
I know unless you have some proper evidence there's little the police will do- they know this and continue to do it. They have saved those bottles up for a pre-meditated attack.