Crime: 8 September 2011

First a witness appeal:

Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after an attempted rape in Maidenhead on Tuesday night.
Just before midnight, a 42-year-old woman was walking along an alleyway which links Grenfell Road to Kings Grove. As she reached the middle of the alleyway near the railway bridge, a man approached her from behind.
He pushed her to the floor and demanded sex. They heard a noise nearby and the man ran off towards Boyn Valley Road. The woman ran onto Grenfell Road and flagged down a passer-by for help.
The victim sustained minor injuries in the incident.
There is no description available of the offender at this stage.
Det Sgt John Slater, investigating the incident, said: “Fortunately the victim was not seriously injured in this incident, which is being treated as an attempted rape”.
“A number of lines of enquiry are underway. However, I am keen to speak to anyone who was in the area of Grenfell Road and Boyn Valley Road at that time, who may have information which could help with the investigation.”
Supt Tim De Meyer, Local Area Commander, said: “I would like to reassure residents that incidents of this nature are very rare in the Royal Borough and a team of detectives are working extremely hard, to catch the man responsible.”
Anyone with any information which may help officers with their enquiries should contact Det Sgt Slater via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505 - quoting URN 1575 of the 6th September. If you don’t want to speak to police or leave your name, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Second some GOOD NEWS:

Burglar sentenced – Maidenhead

A man who burgled a house in Maidenhead has been jailed.

Shanon Perry, aged 25, of St Patricks Close, Maidenhead, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, at Reading Crown Court on Friday 2 September.

Between the hours of 2am and 6am on Monday 28 March, Perry broke into a house in Cranbrook Drive, Maidenhead, while the occupants lay asleep upstairs. He stole a 40in television, a laptop, and a handbag, which contained various contents including a bank card.

At 7.12am the same morning (28/3), attempts to withdraw cash using the stolen bank card were made at an ATM machine in Wootton Way, Maidenhead. The withdrawals were unsuccessful.

As part of the police’s investigation, CCTV footage of the area where the attempted withdrawals were made, was viewed and Perry was seen to use the cash point around the time of the incident.

Perry was arrested at an address in Fane Way, Maidenhead on Friday 8 April 2011 and later charged in connection with the burglary. He later pleaded guilty to the offence during a court hearing.

Another man was arrested in connection with the burglary, but was later released without charge.

The occupants of the house burgled, who would like to remain anonymous, said: “We are really pleased with the sentence and the way in which the police investigated our burglary. The service provided to us by those officers who attended our house initially, to the investigating officer, was second to none.”

Det Con Reese Williams, officer in the case, said: “I am pleased with the sentence given to Perry, which should act as a deterrent, to those who chose to commit burglaries in the Royal Borough.”

Next something NHW neighbours can help with:

Hi Jeffrey,

‘A firm called XXXX Removers has just put a card on my front door, wedging it behind the knocker, rather than putting it through the letterbox. If I had been away on holiday, it could have stayed there for a week or two, advertising to every passing opportunist thief that the house was empty.

I’d be grateful if you would give the company a ring and tell them not to endanger people’s security in this way – they are much more likely to take notice of a call from the Police than one from a member of the public.

Stephanie.

I was very happy to do that. If you see this sort of situation in your road – it may well be Yellow pages directories left by people’s front doors, charity bag deliveries etc, please take them in !

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
7/9 Wednesday 0.30 a.m. Bradenham Lane. 2 men were seen in a garden and disturbed. As they made off, they threw a stone at a tractor, smashing the side window. They got into a white / silver car and made off up Bradenham Lane, through Temple Farm to Hurley. They are fairly distinctive – they were wearing Spiderman costumes !

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
 

NO CRIME TO REPORT

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
7/9 Wednesday noon – 12.45 p.m. Keble Road. Burglary. Thieves jumped over a side gate into the garden and then walked into the kitchen as the back door was UNLOCKED – wallet stolen.
7/9 Wednesday 11.20 a.m. – 12.40 p.m. Church View, Cookham Road. Someone has entered the communal flats entranceway and poured red paint over the carpet and walls.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
7/9 Wednesday 4.50 p.m. – 6.25 p.m. Car park, West Street. Car door lock tampered with and car searched – loose change stolen.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

NO CRIME TO REPORT

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

NO CRIME TO REPORT