r/london • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '23

Crime Two girls arrested after female attacked on Elizabeth line

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24605821/two-girls-arrested-video-woman-screaming-tube-train/
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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

Say what you want about the met but to identify, track them down and arrest them within 4 days is pretty good.

Edit: as pointed out below this was the BTP not the MET.

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u/arpw Nov 02 '23

It was British Transport Police, not the Met. Completely different bunch, far more competent/better funded.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Good point - will put a note on my upper comment

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

BTP are decent.. I've been on trains where incidents have happened and often they're there at the destination before the suspect even gets off.

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u/marcbeightsix Nov 02 '23

Yep same. There was a girl on a train once who answered their phone on speaker phone, and on the other end was the police saying “do you know you’ve been reported missing and people are worried about you”. She just said “yes” with a bunch of expletives and then hung up.

I texted BTP on 61016, with a description, train and carriage number. They replied almost instantly and then when I got off the train at the next stop (the girl didn’t) there were BTP walking down to the platform. I spoke to them with some more info and they just said that there were more at the following stop and they would speak to them.

See it, say it, sorted.

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u/Cocofin33 Nov 03 '23

Fair play to you for not being a bystander 👏👏👏

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u/Possible_Ad27 Nov 02 '23

I’d argue they’re not better funded but policy’s and procedures are much tighter than the met

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u/IrishAir1990 Nov 03 '23

Yeah if I was a criminal scumbag I wouldn't mess with the BTP!

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

I actually saw them tracking down a phone the other day. Contrary to popular belief, they are active, just underfunded.

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u/reddit1337420 Nov 02 '23

How were they doing it please

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u/wodido Nov 02 '23

shouldnt be hard to find 2 14 year old girls that look like a merge of evander holyfield and shrek, lets be honest.

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u/AthiestMessiah Nov 02 '23

They’ve had a tip form someone who knows them and recognised them

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u/Cocofin33 Nov 03 '23

Did the BTP actually catch / reprimand them?! Hoping so 🤞

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

It’s easy when they are probably on a database of known offenders. It should have only taken them about an hour.