London riots

LONDON RIOTS: MAN JAILED FOR FURNITURE STORE ARSON

April 11, 2012

Via BBC News A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots. Gordon Thompson, 34, stole a laptop from the House of Reeves in Croydon on 8 August before setting fire to a sofa. The Old Bailey trial in February heard that he told another man “it was me” as he walked away from the blaze. Thompson, of Waddon Road, Croydon, changed his plea to guilty […]

A THIRD NIGHT OF RIOTING AND LOOTING IN LONDON / HELP WITH THE LONDON CLEAN UP

August 9, 2011

A third night of mindless rioting and looting in London, which also spread to the cities of Birmingham and Liverpool. This has now finally convinced Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson to cut short their holidays and both will return today. TOO LATE BUFFOONS! I am just angry and disgusted right now. The police don’t seem to be doing anything (which is strange) but I was happy to hear that citizens started defending themselves last night. A group […]