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| ROBBED
BY 8-YEAR-OLD WITH KNIFE |
Gang
attack at estate where tenants fear muggers
VIOLENT crime reached new depths this week after police revealed
an eight-year-old boy had robbed a man at knifepoint.
The child, only 4ft 4in tall, was part of a five-strong gang who
jumped from bushes, robbed and beat their 18-year-old victim outside
Bushfield House on the Highbury Estate, in Highbury New Park.
Hardened police officers, including Detective Chief Inspector Geoff
Woolgar, head of Islington CID, was shocked by the incident involving
someone so young.
The incident sparked the inevitable debate, with Islington Police
Community Safety Board member, Janet Burgess, herself a mother of
three, calling for parents to “take charge of their children”
and for more youth clubs in the borough.
The boy produced a four-inch fishing knife from his trousers and
two other gang members, all aged between 14 and 16, hit the victim
about the head.
A 15-year-old girl then grabbed the man in a headlock while another
youth battered him about the head and body with a motorcycle helmet.
They stole his iPod and mobile phone before running off into the
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| Blair
‘a discredited figure’ |
INFLUENTIAL economist William Keegan described Prime Minister
Tony Blair as a “completely discredited figure” at the
annual Islington Fabian dinner on Wednesday.
Mr Keegan, the Observer economics editor who lives in Barnsbury,
discussed a range of topics from Islington’s parking restrictions
to the state of the economy in an interview with the Tribune.
He made his withering remarks about Mr Blair when asked if he would
like to see Chancellor Gordon Brown as Prime Minister.
Mr Keegan said: “Blair is a completely discredited figure,
principally over Iraq. It is the most disgraceful episode on behalf
of a British Prime Minister in my lifetime, and that includes Suez.
Although Suez was a terrible episode, this is even worse.
“Blair should have resigned long ago and Brown is head and
shoulders the best candidate to succeed him.” |
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Angelino's finest
are put to the test
WE came across Angelino Wines, sandwiched between two colourful and
aggressively self-promoting Australian wine sellers, at Islington’s
London Wine Event at the end of October.
Its owner is Farrell Anglin, whose imagination was caught by a lecture
on the history of wine making at Southgate College.
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