Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response to her mugging
London’s Metropolitan Police Chief, after being robbed at the capital’s West End, published an apology to senior publisher Selina Scott, which caused him to claim the streets of the city insecure for the public.
The 74 -year -old was surrounded by a thief gang near Waterstones in Piccadilly, and hit him behind the leg before stealing his bag.
Scott said that one of the most intense regions of London could not find a police officer to report the crime and that the nearby West End Center police station was closed four years ago.
Police officers could not participate in a planned appointment at home the next day and referred to the lack of existing police cars.
During a call in Nick Ferrari’s LBC show, Sir Mark Rowley said from the old news circle: ım I was robbed by a gang that hit me with a metal object behind my leg before opening all my bank cards and cash;
“There were too many and there was no police anywhere. So, I feel humiliated and angry, but most importantly, he is afraid for everyone who listens to Nick’s show and feels that they can walk the streets of London safely, because I can’t, they can’t.
“So, my question is my question: Why, when someone wants to shout his head on a walk, when you can put the police on the streets, but you can’t patrol the center of London to protect thousands of people like me?
“And don’t tell me that you trust CCTV, because I understand the camera outside the Waterstons, which I just did not function, at the same time it was irregular for more than a year.”
Sir Mark confessed that the power could do better.
Orum I can feel it for him. Obviously, very sad. A 70 -year -old lady with a very frightening experience, ”he said.
“Officers could not provide the service we expected that day. I’m sorry for that.”
