Schoolboy forced to give sinister thugs his jacket at McDonald's as witnesses do nothingHe said: “I wasn’t scared about my belongings, I was just scared I was going to get hurt.The youngster said he had been scared for months since the confrontation in February last year.Mum Anne said she was glad she could, in some way, help her son.
The unemployment rate in Enfield is only 4 per cent, lower than the London average, but 31 per cent of workers do not earn a living wage.ENFIELD has one of the highest rates of serious youth violence in the capital. Joan Ryan MP told The Sun Online the borough had lost 241 police since 2010 - with concerns the lack of cops would simply see violence continue to rise.She said she had even spoken with Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to discuss the rising violence."People move to Enfield to bring their children up, for the parks and schools."People have a right to feel safe."THE boys stand close, appearing to chat as they wait for their food at McDonald’s.
As we watched, the youths loitered outside the fast food store before then heading across the road to Gregg's - grabbing food before walking out without paying. He said: “I thought – what if one has a knife, it could easily escalate in a few seconds. Would I react fast enough?”Young boys stand outside McDonald's after the attempted mugging
Tina, who joined the patrol group as it launched last month, said: “I thought - let’s do something, other than talking about it all the time.” In just one attack last week, a 17-year-old was set upon by two criminals in balaclavas outside the school gates as fellow students watched on in horror. On February 12, two teens tried to mug an Enfield Grammar student for his phone, while a 15-year-old student was caught on CCTV being forced to give his jacket over to two thugs as shocked witnesses watched in McDonald’s.But with the number of police officers falling over the past decade, the Enfield community has decided to shoulder some of the responsibility.
“But I think if we work together as a community and we empower each other to be able to help the police then it’s a win-win situation for all of us."