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Police close in on burglary gang
THE net is closing in on a team of bogus window cleaners who burgle Islington homes, Islington Police said this week.
But detectives are still looking for witnesses to help their case.
DC David Poole, of Islington’s burglary squad, has issued a warning to residents to be vigilant following four similar burglaries in the past couple of months.
The most recent theft occurred just after 5.30pm on June 10, in Wallace Road, Canonbury, when three men pretending to be window cleaners targeted the home of a 35-year-old woman.
They said they had just finished her neighbour’s windows and offered to give her a quote on work at her house.
The victim let them in to the house to see her rear windows, agreed on a price and then one of the men went to the kitchen to fill his bucket.
A little while later the victim, who was in the sitting room, realised the men had left and her purse containing £130 cash and bank cards had been taken.
One suspect was described as being in his mid-twenties, tall, with dark cropped brown hair, stubble and wore a royal blue t-shirt and stubble. A second suspect was around 28 to 30 years old, large, with short clipped, light brown hair. The third suspect was about 40, tall, skinny, with wispy brown hair.
DC Poole said there were definite links between two of the burglaries but that he believed up to four were connected, adding: “We’re hot on their trail”.
He said: “It appears they might actually genuinely clean windows, although not very well, and take the opportunity to take things when they can.”
He added: “I want people to be very careful when they employ people to work in their homes. They need to make sure that people knocking on their doors are VAT registered and give receipts for their work.
“Common sense needs to be used. If they are offering to do things cheaply then the chances are they are not likely to be bona fide.”
• Anyone with information can call DC David Poole on 0207 421 0371. |
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