Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Five Year Sentence for Harringay Ladder Burglar
A student accused of a string of robberies and burglaries on the Harringay Ladder has been sentenced to total of five years imprisonment.
22-year-old Abdifatah Yusuf, of Woodside Road, Wood Green was arrested on suspicion of burglary on November 6 last year. He was seen by officers in a police patrol car coming out of a window in Warham Road and later linked to another burglary in Allison Road.
He was rearrested for the robbery of a 65-year-old woman at knife point and subsequently linked with two further robberies, both in Harringay.
Haringey police believe that Yusuf specifically targeted lone older women around Harringay.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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From the Tottenham Journal article:
"Yusuf’s crime spree began on November 4, with a burglary in Allinson Road where he took a phone, computer and a purse. Two days later, he was arrested on suspicion of burglary after officers spotted him climbing through a window of an address in Warham Road.
He was charged with both offences and kept in custody to appear at Tottenham Magistrates Court, but was arrested again on November 11 after officers responded to a robbery on Clonmell Road, where a 65-year-old woman had been robbed of her bag at knife point."
I object to this and I don't think it's a mistake. Are they doing the Police a favour by glossing over the fact that he was obviously arrested and bailed to commit a further three violent street robberies. Something is wrong here, if you are a 22 year old man arrested because you were caught RED HANDED climbing out of a house that you had just burgled, should you not have a bit of time off the streets to contemplate what you have done? Are our local jails so full of mentally ill drug addicts that we don't have room for people like this?
I suspect that the Police get a sense of power and safety out of arresting someone. A sort of "I've got my eye on you now son, so behave". It didn't work in this case...
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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John,
the prosecution (CPS)/police may have opposed bail, I don't know but "kept in custody to appear at Tottenham Magistrates Court" suggests to me the police preference was to keep him behind bars. If his solicitor applied for bail on his appearance then his release was a decision made by the magistrate(s). I suspect most burglars get bail whether the police like it or not... And personally I think that rather than getting "a sense of power and safety out of arresting" Yusuf they got some satisfaction from doing their job...
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Permalink Reply by ElleCarumba on
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I imagine the police would rather he was held on remand but it isn't up to them.
The CPS takes over as soon as he is charged. It would be for them to ask for remand but the magistrate can disregard that. As the initial crimes were non-violent, then bail would be fairly standard, assuming he has a stable place of residence and no history of doing a disappearing act.
I don't mean to downplay the initial crimes but they would have been classed as non-violent burglary)
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Permalink Reply by Haringey Safer Neighbourhoods on
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Hello all, I'm glad you've had a chance to read about this case.
My colleagues are totally dedicated to keeping the people of Haringey safe.
As pointed out by Eugene and ElleCarumba, the defendant had been charged and kept in custody to appear at court. In this case, the decision re bail was a court one.
"Hindsight is always twenty-twenty." Billy Wilder
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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Harringay Ladder burglar sounds like a modus operandi....
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