Some of you may know Naomi, the cheerful young woman wearing a Marlboro jacket who is (or was) one of Brixton's more colourful characters. She was also known as Gully. She was run over by a prison van at the Acre Lane/Coldharbour Lane crossroads this afternoon. She had a lovely smile and was always friendly to me whether she was drunk or sober. She had quite a severe drink problem but she was very sweet natured. We often chatted in Windrush Square and I'm going to miss her. My deepest sympathies to her family and friends, and to anyone who witnessed her death.
Naomi of Brixton, RIP
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Oh man, I didn't realise it was Naomi. Sad whoever it was, but Naomi was special 'round here. No matter what she was doing or what she was on she always looked fantastic. Definitely one of the most creatively dressed and interesting personalities in this neighborhood..
Condolences to all the people who were close to her.
R.I.P.
Condolences to all the people who were close to her.
R.I.P.
A fine lady. Bonkers. A conversation could drift in any unexpected direction and if it is true that some screw drove over her on purpose then there will be hell to pay. CUNTS. Theres shitloads of CCTV there so we'll see. I bet the guy gets off though due to his 'precious cargo'.
Augie March
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agricola
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Where does it say that someone run her over on purpose?
That certainly was the implication of the News at Ten report that was just on, though how much that is worth given that they also - despite comments from Brixtonites about how much the Police liked/knew her - managed to get in comments about fractious community / "the authorities" relations.
There is a bit more info here.
Urbanblues
Was that it, life?
Go with the ghosts girl. RIP
Very sad. I was almsot run over today, by some cunt who wasn't looking at the road and even when he did see me didn't bother to slow down or brake.
Prison van drivers are under pressure because their companies have contractual obligations to get prisoners to court by a ceratin time. If not theyir company gets a fine.. I've had a prison van go through a red light at a pedestarian crossing just as I was about to cross the road. Ironic as I was on my way to Court at the time.
Prison van drivers are under pressure because their companies have contractual obligations to get prisoners to court by a ceratin time. If not theyir company gets a fine.. I've had a prison van go through a red light at a pedestarian crossing just as I was about to cross the road. Ironic as I was on my way to Court at the time.
Treacle Toes
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It happened in the evening so I don't think pressure to get to court was the issue TBF.
Whatever it was RIP.
Naomi deliberately blocked the van when it was stopped at the lights. It was a game she liked to play. (She was nearly always drunk.) The van inched forward and she banged on the front. Then it accelerated and she was crushed. Perhaps the driver thought she had moved or fallen to the side? It's hard to believe he ran her over deliberately. If he drives up Brixton Hill often I'm sure he would have recognised her. There are so many CCTV cameras there I expect we will get a definitive answer in due course.
Her body was removed at about 8.15. The street has just been washed. There's nothing left of her except an IV drip in the gutter.
Her body was removed at about 8.15. The street has just been washed. There's nothing left of her except an IV drip in the gutter.
Oh what a bleak image. Good luck to those who knew her, I hope you can do something for her memory. I am not local to that area and I didn't know her obviously but I can guess how some of you will feel. Life and death, so sudden, so brutal.
TrippyLondoner
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Wow, never heard of her but RIP.
butterfly child
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There are also pressures to get people to prisons, as the prisons can't shut down for the evening until everyone is settled in.
baldrick
hmmmmm
er, people on this board knew her? i don't think this is the place for this conversation, either.
RIP Naomi. I didn't know her, but it's sad to hear.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Dispersals (shipping freshly convicted prisoners from the nick nearest the court they appeared at to wherever they're to be warehoused, and remand prisoners to the nick nearest the court they're scheduled for) take place in the evening. Not as high pressure as getting people to court on time, but still very busy busy busy, especially with the capacity problems most prisons have had for the last 20 years.
Bad cess on any driver unprofessional enough to fuck about with someone's life, though, no excuse.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Back when I started working for the prisons dept of the Home Office in the late eighties, most nicks shut down by about 8.30PM. By the time I left in the mid nineties it was 11PM, mostly due to space being such a premium that you'd have inmates being shipped across several counties within a region to find them a berth.
Fucking ridiculous, and almost all the responsibility of Michael Howard, who decided that private prisons were a goer, and stopped building new stock, or even replacing old stock.
More info on it here. Apols for the Mail link. Bizarrely they seem to have put the most effort into covering this.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages...ews.html?in_article_id=561416&in_page_id=1770
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages...ews.html?in_article_id=561416&in_page_id=1770
Treacle Toes
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1. That point has been made already thanks.
2. No - one is making excuses.
3. From what's been reported on this thread it doesn't seem like a case of speeding driver.
Stobart Stopper
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Poor woman, I hope it was over very quickly and she didn't suffer for too long.
Isn't that part of Brixton covered by lots of CCTV?
Isn't that part of Brixton covered by lots of CCTV?
baldrick
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1. That point has been made already thanks.
2. No - one is making excuses.
3. From what's been reported on this thread it doesn't seem like a case of speeding driver.
looked to me like VP was trying to be helpful, no need to take it so personally.Unfortunately I dont think it was over quickly at all. First she was dragged 20 metres and then they spent quite some time trying to free her before she passed away.
Yep, lots of CCTV there.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Yes, that bit especially. Of course, whether it was pointing in the right direction is another question.
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