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Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19

When I passed the betting shop yesterday morning there was a police car parked up and police tape around the shop. When I returned many hours later all evidence of an incident was gone. Does anybody know what happened?

Anne England ● 2405d3 Comments

My recollection of the very dull guides I had to read on this many years ago is that you can refer to anyone as a robber or a suspect before an arrest has been made and they have been named but it is always  'a suspect' or 'the accused' afterwards. In this instance the usage is arguably wrong because if you are describing an unnamed person in an act of committing a crime they are not a suspect but the perpetrator.

Felicity Caborn ● 2404d

It's on the front page now: http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=concrime134.htmThough they should not refer to the robber as "a suspect" when no one's been arrested yet.

Bryan Betts ● 2404d

I understand Corals was robbed no other details have been made public. Yes there was two police cars an ambulance and to paramedic cars  on site at 0915 when I went past.

David Squire ● 2404d