On Wednesday, a 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of his murder and a second boy, also 14, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Both are now in custody at an east London police station.
Detective Inspector John Marriott, of the Met's Specialist Crime Command, said: 'We believe that James confronted a group of youths causing a disturbance and was stabbed as a result.
'The brutality of this response is beyond shocking and our thoughts are with James' family who have been left devastated by their loss.'
But it's not at all 'beyond shocking'. Is it? It's inevitable, when thugs are allowed to do as they please without any fear of the police:
Today, Mr Markham's wife, Candice, told the Mirror: 'The boys were walking around with metal poles. They were swinging them and shouting at my daughter.
'It's just disgusting. It's not the first time - you see them walking around and smashing bottles in the street.'
Indeed, they are apparently well known in the area. It didn't take the police long to sweep them up, did it?
Chief Superintendent Richard Tucker, responsible for local policing in Waltham Forest, said: 'The Met remains committed to tackling violence across London and I would like to reassure the community that we will do everything we can to track down those responsible for this attack.
'I understand the concern this incident will cause and I would like to reassure residents that you will continue to see additional officers in the area over the coming days.'
Perhaps if you'd come along to bolt the stable door before the horse galloped over that hill, there wouldn't be a grieving widow right now, and a family destroyed. The knife wielders of course bear the majority of the responsibility for that, but I cannot say, hand on heart, that the local police farce that has proven so utterly ineffective doesn't also bear some.
Can you, Reader?
Chief Superintendent Tucker is a worthless bullshitter. The Met are less than effective or indeed appear sufficiently interested in properly tackling the violence that is engulfing London, sitting on Twitter searching out offence though and the Met can find resources for that.
ReplyDeleteThis case is not turning out as I expected. The impression that I got was that not much was known about these 'boys' and that the police were going to have to rely on all too imperfect CCTV images. Turns out that I was mistaken. These violent bastards were not interloping thugs from elsewhere, they were well known in the area and had a record for bad behaviour. The police must have known or been told by the public that there was a problem group in the area yet the police decided to do sod all about it and the result of their inaction is that an innocent man is now dead.
Sadly there are two lots of scum here. The first are the teenage murderers. The second are the Met who let the situation viz a viz these thugs get so out of control that the thugs killed someone.
"This case is not turning out as I expected. "
ReplyDeleteSadly, I can't say the same...
"Lessons will be learned next time."
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