Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Phone muggers on scooters | |
Posted by: | Roland Gilmore | |
Date/Time: | 22/11/12 15:02:00 |
The "continental" technique is to target shoulder strap bags. The scooter (stolen) stops within reach of the victim. Helmetted and visored pillion rider grasps the bag while using a Stanley knife to slice through the strap making resistance impossible as the scooter takes off. Happened to a friends wife in Barcelona in broad daylight on a pedestrianised street. Over in two seconds. Subsequently heard the technique was developed in the home of the Lambretta; Italy. Mobile phones; more tricky I would have thought. |