Saturday 6 October 2007

PECKHAM/LONDON: Can you help catch yobs

Can you help catch yobs

A GANG of thugs battered two helpless teenagers as sunbathers in a crowded park looked on.

The terrifying daylight attack began when the suspects asked their victims if they were "Peckham".

But before the two boys could answer, their attackers laid into them - kicking and punching them to the ground.

One of the victims managed to escape as the second boy was savaged in an attack witnessed by dozens of people on August 5.

The suspects - pictured here - then stole the victim's watch as he lay on the ground in Burgess Park, Peckham.

Also pictured are some of the people wanted by cops in connection with a series of crimes across Southwark in the last few months. Among the latest batch of snaps is a suspect in a stabbing in West Norwood on July 4 and a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Streatham Hill.

They have been caught on camera by the Met's specialist Viido unit - which scours CCTV footage from sources all across the borough to pick out suspects.

Most of the images are taken from buses and council-run cameras. The unit can also collect footage from private shops and businesses to help catch their suspects.

This latest batch includes those believed to be responsible for serious offences including robbery and assault.

*If you recognise anyone here, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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