13 prominent members of the community were put behind bars on Friday 28 April as part of St Luke’s Jail and Bail event and raised over £12,000.
Leading figures in the Harrow and Brent community were read their rights, handed overalls and sent to a prison cell at Pinner Police Station on Friday 28 April. Sergeant Sarah Fox did not release the hospice ‘detainees’ until they raised their £1000 bail fee! Over £12,000was raised from the event. The Mayor of Harrow and Mayor of Brent presented the participants with certificates after the event.
Among the people who were locked up include the Operations Manager for Harrow Town Centre Business Development, Louise Baxter; Deputy Mayor of Brent, Cllr Bhagwanji Chohan; Branch Director of Santander Harrow, Harminder Dhillon; Local Supporter, Parvin Faridian; President of Navnat Vanik Association UK, Dhiru Galani; Store Manager of Marks & Spencer Harrow, Lee Graham; Lead Member for Community Wellbeing-Brent Council, Cllr Krupesh Hirani; St Luke’s Trustee, John McDonald; Senior Finance Assistant of Panavision, Bina Padia; Owner of PES Limited, Hasi Patel; Local Business Manager of Santander Harrow, Vikram Rajpara; Leader of Harrow Council, Cllr Sachin Shah and Trustee of Mahavir Foundation, Radha Vora.
Louise Baxter, Operations Manager at Harrow Town Centre BID, said “It was a lot of fun being at Jail and Bail. My ‘offence’ that I was being arrested for was stealing an iguana! I managed to make my £1000 bail to be let out. All fun aside, it is important to raise awareness and money for a really important cause that supports the local community. I would encourage other people to take part in events and support St Luke’s Hospice.”
The Borough Commander, Simon Ovens said, ‘I look after Pinner Police station and we are really pleased and proud to be supporting St Luke’s Hospice in any way that we can. It is a fantastic institution that looks after people and their families at the most difficult times in their lives. This was a chance for people to help raise some money for the hospice and get locked up in a proper old Victorian police station without having done anything wrong!’
