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Knifepoint robbery at Benfleet railway station

Knifepoint robbery at Benfleet railway station Knifepoint robbery at Benfleet railway station

A TEENAGER was threatened with a knife at Benfleet railway station....for the sake of a £30 phone.

Police have released CCTV following the terrifying ordeal where the victim had a knife pressed against his stomach.

The 16-year-old boy had been on the station platform at about 5pm on Monday January 2 with a friend when he noticed a group of two men and a woman.

The men approached him and brandished the knife while demanding his phone.

Detectives have revealed that this group returned to Benfleet rail station later that evening with a young girl, being pushed in a pink buggy by the woman.

They boarded a train bound for Upminster, where they were later captured on CCTV leaving the service and changing onto the London Underground."

Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island.

Anyone with information should call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference B6/LNA of 18/01/2012. Or call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Comments(20)

Brunning999 says...
1:55pm Wed 18 Jan 12

That is why the stop and search figures are what they are !

JuliaM says...
1:55pm Wed 18 Jan 12

"Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island."

Shocker!

They only need Croydon for a full house...

R85 says...
4:13pm Wed 18 Jan 12

Upminster? Upminster’s a very nice area, their only affiliation is probably when they go there jackin – last stop on district line! Few years ago I had 2 blokes in East London get me up against a lorry, pull a knife, only to call me a mug and walk off when they saw how crap the phone I had at the time was – LOL!

leigh-my-town says...
4:40pm Wed 18 Jan 12

Passport control at Upminster will stop these dopes leaving their multicultural Upminster. C2C should bypass that kip!

Sean4u says...
8:34pm Wed 18 Jan 12

Police on the lookout for two dark pixels and a pale orange pixel are cross-checking the CCTV footage against clips from Japanese **** movies.

Time to upgrade the CCTV!

jolllyboy says...
10:30pm Wed 18 Jan 12

To wait 2 weeks before asking for info................
.

Brunning999 says...
7:07am Thu 19 Jan 12

This offence will get worse because the Police are fearful of searching non white people.

al coniston says...
8:03am Thu 19 Jan 12

Enoch must be turning in his grave

R85 says...
12:17pm Thu 19 Jan 12

leigh-my-town wrote:
Passport control at Upminster will stop these dopes leaving their multicultural Upminster. C2C should bypass that kip!
Upminster is one of the better places in Essex – have you not been there? There are multi-million pound houses everywhere, it is a very salubrious area, not anything at all like East London! That’s why East London robbers go there! Easy prey and expensive everything! Also, it is hardly multi-cultural at all! You must have the wrong idea about this area! It is not a crime area, it is nowhere near East London!

sav25 says...
12:18pm Thu 19 Jan 12

Brunning999 wrote:
This offence will get worse because the Police are fearful of searching non white people.
+1

John T Pharro says...
4:14pm Thu 19 Jan 12

JuliaM wrote:
"Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island."

Shocker!

They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened.
Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.

R85 says...
5:01pm Thu 19 Jan 12

John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
But both are Utopias compared to a lot of East London! Hackney has its very own Murder Mile (Upper & Lower Clapton). Countless shootings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, beatings to death – often over next to nothing! Few years back a geeza was shot by multiple shooters as he was driving in this area – Shot dead - his car kept rolling until it hit something (can’t remember what). When was the last time something like this happened in Benfleet or Canvey! Nowhere in Essex is bad!

boyracer_20yrs old says...
5:26pm Thu 19 Jan 12

R85 wrote:
John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
But both are Utopias compared to a lot of East London! Hackney has its very own Murder Mile (Upper & Lower Clapton). Countless shootings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, beatings to death – often over next to nothing! Few years back a geeza was shot by multiple shooters as he was driving in this area – Shot dead - his car kept rolling until it hit something (can’t remember what). When was the last time something like this happened in Benfleet or Canvey! Nowhere in Essex is bad!
Basildon is pretty bad. Has very strong links to East London. Back in 2006 4 people were murdered in 4 weeks.

alimac69 says...
5:33pm Thu 19 Jan 12

boyracer_20yrs old wrote:
R85 wrote:
John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
But both are Utopias compared to a lot of East London! Hackney has its very own Murder Mile (Upper & Lower Clapton). Countless shootings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, beatings to death – often over next to nothing! Few years back a geeza was shot by multiple shooters as he was driving in this area – Shot dead - his car kept rolling until it hit something (can’t remember what). When was the last time something like this happened in Benfleet or Canvey! Nowhere in Essex is bad!
Basildon is pretty bad. Has very strong links to East London. Back in 2006 4 people were murdered in 4 weeks.
Nowhere in Essex is this bad YET. With people moving from London to Essex our crime rate is only going to get worse. Believe me, as any secondary school children what they know about crime in Essex and you'd be horrified at what they know and you don't. Did you know that gun crime in Southend is very high? No? Course you didn't because unless the weapon is fired it's not reported.

APR says...
10:42am Fri 20 Jan 12

This is happening everywhere.

My wife was talking to her nephew this week, who is a student in Liverpool.

He was punched in the face when some low life tried to grab his mobile.

Luckily he didn't have a knife.

R85 says...
12:22pm Fri 20 Jan 12

alimac69 wrote:
boyracer_20yrs old wrote:
R85 wrote:
John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
But both are Utopias compared to a lot of East London! Hackney has its very own Murder Mile (Upper & Lower Clapton). Countless shootings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, beatings to death – often over next to nothing! Few years back a geeza was shot by multiple shooters as he was driving in this area – Shot dead - his car kept rolling until it hit something (can’t remember what). When was the last time something like this happened in Benfleet or Canvey! Nowhere in Essex is bad!
Basildon is pretty bad. Has very strong links to East London. Back in 2006 4 people were murdered in 4 weeks.
Nowhere in Essex is this bad YET. With people moving from London to Essex our crime rate is only going to get worse. Believe me, as any secondary school children what they know about crime in Essex and you'd be horrified at what they know and you don't. Did you know that gun crime in Southend is very high? No? Course you didn't because unless the weapon is fired it's not reported.
Nothing like London though and as Essex gets worse, surely London will get worse with it! Also, if its not fired then that in itself shows you that the level of violence is much lower in SOS – a lot more people (if you can call them ppl) would be likely to use it in London than in SOS. 8 men have been shot dead in the last 2 years in Hackney – fk knows how many have actually been shot and not killed and how many have been stabbed to death!

R85 says...
12:27pm Fri 20 Jan 12

boyracer_20yrs old wrote:
R85 wrote:
John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
But both are Utopias compared to a lot of East London! Hackney has its very own Murder Mile (Upper & Lower Clapton). Countless shootings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, beatings to death – often over next to nothing! Few years back a geeza was shot by multiple shooters as he was driving in this area – Shot dead - his car kept rolling until it hit something (can’t remember what). When was the last time something like this happened in Benfleet or Canvey! Nowhere in Essex is bad!
Basildon is pretty bad. Has very strong links to East London. Back in 2006 4 people were murdered in 4 weeks.
Yeah perhaps utopia is a bit strong, lol. I’ve noticed London taggerz come out into Essex to go sprayin too! Loads of London taggers have sprayed up Wickford n places like that (prob Basildon 2 but I don’t go there much so haven’t noticed).

Blind Haze says...
3:47pm Fri 20 Jan 12

That woman's got a massive nose.

geezer, innit says...
10:45am Mon 23 Jan 12

Basildon is pretty bad. Has very strong links to East London. Back in 2006 4 people were murdered in 4 weeks


oh yes, remember those days of the 'weed drought' well. All calmed down again after weed was readily available again, if I remember correctly

Biffo-bear says...
11:13pm Tue 24 Jan 12

John T Pharro wrote:
JuliaM wrote: "Detectives believe the group may have links to Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island." Shocker! They only need Croydon for a full house...
They have the full house BENFLEET where the incident happened. Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey despite what you think.
Just as many bad things happen in Benfleet as Canvey? Really? I suggest you have a look at the police crime website then but brace yourself because you are in for a shock. There is hardly any serious crime in places like Hadleigh and Thundersley, which are all part of Benfleet, whereas parts of Canvey have crime stats more like east London. Please check your facts before posting.
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Also read the article properly, detectives said they believe these low-lifes "have connections with Upminster, Barking, Dagenham and Canvey Island". Note the Canvey Island, NOT Benfleet. Now why do you think they said that?
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I lived on Canvey once, but never again, some of the scummy feral kids on Canvey are magnitudes worse than any you will find in Benfleet, Leigh, Rayleigh etc. Fact.

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