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HeadlineEleven children charged over Apple store thefts

Short HeadlineChildren charged after stores ransacked

StandfirstSeveral sites were targeted over a couple of weeks, including Brent Cross, Regent Street,  Bromley, Bentalls Centre and Watford.

The robberies are said to have taken place over the space of two-and-a-half weeks. The first reported raid happened on December 19, 2024, at Battersea Power Station.

At the Brent Cross shopping mall a gang of masked individuals raided the store as bystanders fled the scene.  Security personnel tried to fend off the thieves. Officers were called to the store around 2.35pm

According to a statement released by the Metropolitan Police released a statement detailing the location of the thefts:

19/12/2024 – Battersea Power Station
20/12/2024 – Regent Street
21/12/2024 – Regent Street
26/12/2024 – Regent Street
26/12/2024 – Brent Cross
27/12/2024 – Bromley
30/12/2024 – Brent Cross
01/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station
02/01/2024 – Brent Cross
03/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station
04/01/2025 – Bentalls Centre
05/01/2025 – Brent Cross
06/01/2025 – Watford

Three 15-year-old boys from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Bromley, a 14-year-old-boy from Croydon, a 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 16-year-old boy from Cambridge were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Also appearing in court was a 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 14-year-old-boy from Bromley charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class B drug.

A 17-year-old-boy from Merton was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class A drug.