Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It was a stabbing (or assault as the copper told me)

oh well, that's 3 stabbings then. Maybe this is where the confusion lies

 

[quimcunx]

That's what I thought - so why are people saying "stabbing or assault"?

I've heard of drive-by shootings but never a drive-by stabbing - and usually they don't hang around at the scene afterwards either.

Perhaps your photo contains a hidden clue.

 

[ovaltina]

Who knows. Maybe there was an RTA followed by a stabbing/assault whatever, or maybe they were unrelated seperate incidents.

It's an awfully long time to keep a major road closed after an RTA though. Usually they take a few hours.

 

[ajdown]

Maybe the Sainsbury's bag contained 4kg of cannabis resin, rather than a loaf of bread...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

b/f has just walked past and heard someone saying the Hill's going to be shut for at least another 2 or 3 hours

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Who knows. Maybe there was an RTA followed by a stabbing/assault whatever, or maybe they were unrelated seperate incidents.

It's an awfully long time to keep a major road closed after an RTA though. Usually they take a few hours.

my b/f said the same when I said it was an RTA. He reckons there's no way they'd keep a major artery closed so he reckoned the victim had to be a copper

 

[ovaltina]

my b/f said the same when I said it was an RTA. He reckons there's no way they'd keep a major artery closed so he reckoned the victim had to be a copper

Well I'm sticking by what R4 said. Unless I was hallucinating or something? Am not very good in the mornings.

 

[Kanda]

Well I'm sticking by what R4 said. Unless I was hallucinating or something? Am not very good in the mornings.

I'll stick by what a copper told me AT THE SCENE

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well I'm sticking by what R4 said. Unless I was hallucinating or something? Am not very good in the mornings.

I'll stick by what a copper told me AT THE SCENE

I was talking about hours ago when it was assumed that it was an RTA, not NOW

 

[ovaltina]

I'll stick by what a copper told me AT THE SCENE

Eh? I said R4 said it was a stabbing.

 

[Kanda]

Eh? I said R4 said it was a stabbing.

I was talking to Minnie!

 

[ovaltina]

I was talking to Minnie!

Ah! I'm a bit today

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I was talking to Minnie!

This is probably why people have got confused

(From TFL)

BRIXTON HILL/ BRIXTON WATER LANE: Due to a road traffic collision routes 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 250 and 333 are being diverted between Brixton Station and Christchurch Road. Delays are occurring in the area

 

[billythefish]

'copter's back again...

 

[ajdown]

... and the road is still closed? Good grief. No mention of the incident on any news sites that I can find - which, for something that's obviously much bigger than "van hits person crossing road" is odd.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

... and the road is still closed? Good grief. No mention of the incident on any news sites that I can find - which, for something that's obviously much bigger than "van hits person crossing road" is odd.

I do agree that's it's rather odd. Have looked on BBC and SLP but nothing.

Maybe if the situation has changed from critical... the victim's next of kin need to be notified

 

[ajdown]

Wouldn't finding "next of kin" have been quite early on?

Most people have some form of id in their wallet even if its only a driving license, or a mobile phone with entries for "mum" or "work" or something obvious like that.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wouldn't finding "next of kin" have been quite early on?

Most people have some form of id in their wallet even if its only a driving license, or a mobile phone with entries for "mum" or "work" or something obvious like that.

How do you know it wasn't a homeless person with no ID

Even if it wasn't, not necessarily everyone has a "mum" or "work" entry on their mobile

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I don't even have a mobile. Some people don't.

 

[brix]

Hill's open to buses agian now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hill's open to buses agian now.

Good news, and my b/f's well pleased as he's just got back to Brixton

 

[ajdown]

So still no news report, and nobody has a clue what went on?

 

[Kanda]

So still no news report, and nobody has a clue what went on?

An assault. As said by copper at the scene.

as posted up there ^^

 

[ajdown]

Just seems all a bit dramatic and OTT for a simple mugging.

 

[LadyR]

Just seems all a bit dramatic and OTT for a simple mugging.

Not necessarily a "simple mugging" though....at the very least it's a serious assault, possibly murder.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just seems all a bit dramatic and OTT for a simple mugging.

Assault = Simple mugging?

Oh dear

 

[plurker]

It was logged as a "suspicious incident" on the Red Cross alert system so probably not a straightforward RTA

No further details though, sorry.

 

[Kanda]

Just seems all a bit dramatic and OTT for a simple mugging.

You saw and took a picture of the 2 or so pints of blood all over the floor. Hardly a simple mugging.

 

[teuchter]

Aside from the violence obvious from the aftermath, I wouldn't describe a mugging that seems to have taken place in the middle of a busy main road as "simple".

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I think it's an attempt to play down his lapse of morality. "I thought it was a simple everyday mugging, no big deal" kind of thing.