Londoners take justice into their own hands by tackling fleeing ram-raider and pummeling him on the street to foil jewellery robbery… before police officers finally arrive
- Clip posted to Twitter shows black Range Rover smash through shop window
- Ram-raiders armed with sledgehammers run from adjacent Sultan Jewellers
- Brave bystanders restrain one of men as the others escape in Shepherd’s Bush
- Metropolitan Police confirmed man was arrested and two other suspects fled
Brave bystanders were forced to take justice into their own hands when three ram-raiders smashed a car through a shop window and raided a jewellers in West London.
The clip, posted to Twitter on Friday, captures scenes in Shepherd’s Bush after a black Range Rover Velar smashed through the window of the e-Smart Money foreign exchange on Uxbridge Road.
As onlookers attempt to approach a man inside the shop, an apparent thief in a motorcycle helmet rushes out of the Sultan Jewellers, which is joined internally to the shop they raided, with a sledgehammer.
The clip, posted to Twitter on Friday, captures scenes in Shepherd’s Bush after a black Range Rover smashed through the window of the e-Smart Money foreign exchange on Uxbridge Road
The thief holds the weapon up to an onlooker outside the shop, before running up the street with a bag in hand, followed by two accomplices.
But as the first man escapes towards the Westfield London shopping centre on the busy high street, a second man is thrown to the ground by brave bystanders.
Pedestrians rush to the thief, who had dropped a bag on the ground when he fell, and attempt to restrain him while other onlookers film the scenes.
A small group help the apparent thief to his feet as the incident continues in the middle of the road, before two police officers rush onto the scene.
As the first man escapes towards the Westfield London shopping centre on the busy high street, a second man is thrown to the ground by brave bystanders
A small group help the apparent thief to his feet as the incident continues in the middle of the road, before two police officers rush onto the scene
The pair hold the ram-raider to the ground and appear to restrain him with handcuffs as the video comes to a close.
In a second clip, sirens are heard in the distance as the Range Rover remains with its doors wide open inside the shop, which is shown to join internally to the jewellers.
Glass from the window covers the footpath near Shepherd’s Bush Market station, as passersby walk carefully around the destroyed shopfront.
Metropolitan Police confirmed a man had been arrested on suspicion of robbery, and an investigation continues to locate two further suspects.
A statement said: ‘Police were called at 5:21pm on Friday, 25 October to Uxbridge Road after a car was reportedly driven into the shop front of a jewellery store before the occupants got out and began trying to steal goods.
‘Officers attended. One male has been arrested on suspicion of robbery. Enquiries are ongoing to locate at least two other suspects who fled the scene.
‘A crime scene is in place. Enquires continue.’