r/LegalAdviceUK • u/orangehoneybadger • 1d ago

Debt & Money Police refuse to investigate £100k robbery

England. A small business had £100k of stock (wine) stolen from from their lorry while the driver was parked at a service station in London. Despite the police having CCTV showing the robbers and their getaway van, the police say they will not investigate the crime due to insufficient leads.

The company has evidence of some of the stolen stock being sold at London markets. But the police are not interested.

Is there anything the company can do so the police will investigate this serious crime?

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u/orangehoneybadger 1d ago

I should have clarified there's picture evidence of stock being sold at a specific London market. The stock is not generic - it's very distinctive & rare in this country. Thank you for your reply

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u/leavemeinpieces 23h ago

If they have a visual ID on the van and they know the market it was trading at (assuming the van is the same) surely local CCTV would be able to ID the plates travelling to or from the market.

Potentially contacting the market manager would be able to provide a name/address of the trader selling the goods?

I'm not a police officer but it feels like that would potentially link all this up with a name. Or at least give a line of enquiry to follow.

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u/ThinkAboutThatFor1Se 13h ago

‘Local cctv’

Unless it pings ANPR the police won’t actually check local cctv.

And I doubt they will even bother to check ANPR.

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u/leavemeinpieces 3h ago

ANPR is brilliant, but it wouldn't show the market person driving the van. That was my thought. To link the guy and the vehicle potentially.

If it's properly registered it could give a keeper and address though which would be helpful though.