No CCTV and No Street Lighting Now this happens
A man lays critically ill in hospital on what looks like an attempted murder at 2.30am on Monday morning.
Fright night it was indeed in Mile End. The community is shocked and terrified that something so gruesome could happen along the pleasant canal path in an area which is meant to be improving and developing. As I have found out cycling on my way to work today, police tape and crime scene investigation staff are scrutinising the scene of what looks like a Tarantino style hit.
The area it happened in is right next to mile end park which at the weekend hosted the annual Park after dark Halloween Scooby-Doo, scary tours for children and their families. However this tour may have been slightly put to an abrupt halt had they known that on Monday the community would be really attempting to solve a bloodcurdling mystery within metres of the event.
As I was speaking to a constable near the crime scene this morning he told me that Mile End has a huge problem with assaults, however this is one of the worst he had seen in recent times. The gruesome details will all come out shortly.
This really demonstrates that more action needs to be taken by the police and the community working in partnership. We need police on the streets especially at the weekends and areas of hotspots for crime need to be tackled. Where this assault occurred there is no CCTV or street lights and it seems to be a hub of crime. As a Conservative counsellor candidate for Mile End East May 2010 election and local residents I intend to put crime on the top of my agenda. I do not want to walk on the streets and have to fear what could be happening just around the corner.
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