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Comic raiders become smash hit on YouTube
Felix Allen19 Nov 2009
A gang of teenage crooks have become an internet hit after cctv footage of their comical ram raid was posted on YouTube.
Thousands of internet users have now seen the clip.
The nine youths, dressed in black with hoods and masks, were filmed struggling to break into a camera shop in Stamford Hill. Five of them tried to shove a parked car out of the way but stopped when a driver went past and then pretended to make a call at a phonebox.
One raider, driving a Vauxhall Cavalier, took two goes to crash through the shutters before they escaped with goods worth thousands of pounds. Police have so far made no arrests linked to the raid at 4am last Thursday.
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wow , that took alot of planing didntit...-_-
- Paul, London, 30/12/2009 16:11
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This robbery was no comic! For a few teenagers to get together and steal a few cars to break into a camera shop just shows how low the area is. And of course the police will never (try to) catch them, which will lead to crime getting worse and worse.
One day we will be missing the times when we weren't afraid to walk around the block at night!
- G Copeland, London, UK, 19/11/2009 23:42
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No I didn't find it very funny either - sinister and a bit depressing, yes.
- B Lane, London, 19/11/2009 16:36
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I dont really see how this is "comical"
- Alan, London, 19/11/2009 14:13
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Shame the CCTV Camera can't signal to Police station as its not far from where they are..
Shame....im sure a few parents will know who they are...
These kids think they are bad, stupid more like it..
- Adrian, london, 19/11/2009 13:41
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Ahahaha! Crime!!! You couldn't make it up could you, please stop before my sides split. I bet the shop owner was LOL-ing himself all the way to the police station, that's if he got there after ROFL-ing
- Piqued, london, 19/11/2009 13:37
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