Riot suspects traced to Sweden and Poland

 
Top row L-R: Alleged violent disorder in Tottenham High Road, Haringey, Alleged burglary of Iceland in Croydon, Alleged electronics shop burglary, Ealing, Violent disorder claim in Hackney, Violent disorder claim in Tower Hamlets Bottom row L-R: Alleged burglary of Boots in Southwark, Alleged burglary of a Hackney service station, Violent disorder claim in Hackney, Alleged burglary of Maplin in Greenwich
12 August 2013
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Detectives today revealed they have tracked down London riot suspects in Ireland, Scandinavia and Poland.

Scotland Yard warned those still on the loose that, two years on, the fight to bring them to justice will not be abandoned.

The suspect in Ireland, a woman of 33 wanted over a burglary in Hackney, is in custody awaiting extradition to Britain, while the Met is working with authorities in Warsaw to secure the detention of the Polish suspect, wanted for violent disorder and burglary in Kentish Town.

A 17-year-old who absconded after being bailed by Thames Youth Court on charges of violent disorder and burglary in Ilford is in Sweden and will be extradited when his precise location is known.

The force is still receiving an average of 13 pieces of information a week about the August 2011 riots. The identities of 12 wanted individuals, at least some of whom are thought to have fled abroad, have been established, but police have so far been unable to put a name to a further 325.

In each of these cases, however, they have a photo of the person — 10 feature in the panel below — and enough evidence of criminal activity to bring charges.

Detective Chief Inspector Ian Elliott said: “This has been the most successful major investigation ever in the UK with nearly 5,000 arrests and a conviction rate of nearly 80 per cent for those charged, but we haven’t finished. We are continuing to look wherever we think these people might be. But we also need the public to help us by looking at the photos and telling us if they recognise any of the suspects.”

Mr Elliott, leading Operation Withern, set up to bring rioters to justice, said its extension to Ireland and Scandinavia shows that even those rioters who have gone abroad are not out of reach.

A total of 4,959 people have been arrested over the disorder, of whom 3,145 have been cautioned, charged, convicted or summoned to court. The Crown Prosecution Service says the conviction rate for the 2,364 people prosecuted is 76 per cent, or 1,810 convictions. There are 23 further cases still going through the courts.

Anyone with information on the riots should call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or officers from the Met’s Operation Withern team on 020 7230 1129 .

Images of the remaining suspects can be viewed at http://content.met.police.uk/Site/operationwithern

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