Crime

A SHOPLIFTER admitted stealing goods worth more the £400 in the space of a month from shops in Chiswick, writes Robert Cumber.

Anthony Largey, of Kensal House, Ladbroke Grove, struck five times at three different stores in Turnham Green Terrace between November 4 and December 17.

The 49-year-old stole three coats worth £117 from clothes store outlet JoJo Mammon BeBe on November 4, toiletries worth at least £280 from Oliver Bonas between November 10 and December 17, and a £25 'Cag in a Bag' from fashion outlet Cath Kidston.

He admitted five charges of theft at Feltham Magistrates Court last Friday and was given a one-year supervision order and told to attend a drug rehabilitation scheme.

A HEROIN addict and part-time artist was given a conditional discharge after stealing two steaks from a shop in Chiswick, writes Robert Cumber.

Louie Simpson, of Elgin Avenue, Shepherds Bush, took the meat, worth nearly £30, from As Nature Intended, in Chiswick High Road, on December 11.

The 36-year-old admitted one count of theft when he appeared at Feltham Magistrates Court last Friday and was ordered to pay £50 costs.

A man with an "Aladdin's cave" of stolen bikes who targeted Chiswick was imprisoned for 6 months.

Rocky Taylor, 36, was caught by police riding a bike stolen from outside Turnham Green tube station in November of last year, leading to a search of his Hampstead flat where police uncovered a huge amount of stolen bikes and parts.

A mother and daughter appeared in court on Friday accused of scamming nearly £64,000 in benefits.

Mum, Ann Wicks, from Bath Road in Chiswick, confessed to three counts but denied two others whilst daughter Michelle from Walton-on-Thames denied all charges.

More than 20 fire fighters tackled a blaze on Chiswick High Road for more than three hours on Tuesday afternoon.

The fire broke out at the back of Zizzi's restaurant at 2.34pm with approximately half of the ground floor store room being damaged and around 30 per cent of ducting from the ground to the fourth floors.

A cyclist was attacked with pepper spray by three thugs while riding through Chiswick.

The woman in her late 30s was cycling down Church Street at 12.30am on October 2, when one of the three white men sprayed her in the eyes with what the victim described as pepper spray.

An 18-year-old boy has been charged with the attack on a teenage girl in Chiswick.

Sebastian Mateza of Burlington Lane, Chiswick, was charged with GBH with intent, and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear and violence.

A homeless man who was planning to escape the country before getting caught - has admitted to raping a teenager in a Brentford graveyard.

David Simapuka, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape on Wednesday, after dragging a 17-year-old girl from a bus stop in Windmill Lane and assaulting her in the graveyard of St Faith's Church back on May 25.

A popular Chiswick restaurant has been fined by a government agency for their environmentally unfriendly behaviour.

Italian chain Carluccios, which has a store in Chiswick High Road, were forced to pay £15,000, on October 22, after it was discovered they dodged regulations requiring them to provide, paid for evidence, that they recycle their packaging waste.

A knife-wielding robber forced a shopkeeper to empty his till before clearing the shelves of cigarettes.

The thief walked up to the counter of Vetry's Convenience Store in Fauconberg Road, Chiswick, last Wednesday (24) at about 9.30pm and pulled out a six-inch black-handled kitchen knife.