North-west London has become a hotspot for burglary, especially in Asian homes. Within two week, two houses got burgled in nearby localities, and believed to have been attacked by the same gang of perpetrators.
On 15th August, Asian occupiers at a house in Kenelm Close returned from a religious function in the evening and went to bed around 10:30pm. At sometime not long after 11pm, four masked armed intruders, all white, forced entry by smashing the front door and opening the door. The burglars then held the family hostage for over 30 minutes, the family were repeatedly threatened and attacked and the intruders made repeated demands for where the money and jewellery was.
While the specific details of this horrific attack, implements used, exact threats are not being mentioned for policing reasons, but this is one of the worst attacks that has happened in Northwick Park area in recent years.
The ringleader spoke with an Irish accent, was 6ft tall and the other three appeared to speak in a foreign language amongst themselves. The vehicle involved is believed to be a black BMW 1 series and (there might also be an Audi vehicle involved), following the incident the vehicle is believed to have headed towards the Greenford Road area.
This came after a similar attack on another Asian household at Preston Road, Wembley. The family was tied up in a room and threatened with physical harm to their daughter unless demands were met with. Police are urging families to be vigilant.
