Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
Just heard this on the radio & found this report online from the Croydon't Advertiser innit 
A woman was stabbed by a boy who she thinks was as young as 10 - after she refused to give him and his friend a cigarette.
Having been turned down, the boys tried to grab the cigarette she was smoking from her mouth.
When she resisted one youngster then slashed her across the arm.
The mindless assault happened at around 2.20pm on Wednesday close to Selhurst train station, in Selhurst Road
Police were called to the scene and an ambulance took the woman to Mayday Hospital for treatment
The two suspects fled the scene and police are now appealing for witnesses to come forward.
A police source told the Advertiser: “The two kids apparently approached the woman and asked her for a cigarette.
“But when she said no one of them slashed her across the arm.
“It is understood they used either a Stanley knife or a sharp razor blade.
“The cut didn't go right to the bone, but it was still a pretty deep cut and the woman was left in deep shock.”
A police spokesman added: “The victim received a cut to her arm after two boys attempted to steal a cigarette out of her mouth.
“It is understood a knife was used in the assault. The suspects are described as black and aged between 10 and 11 years old.”
One worker at nearby Selhurst Depot said: “The police were here this afternoon and I saw a woman with a bandage around her arm.
“They had taken her inside the station and were talking to her. She looked very shook up.”
Danny Foley, landlord of the nearby Selhurst Arms, branded the attack “appalling and disgusting”.
He said: “In many respects I'm not surprised. We get a lot of crime down here.
“But when you consider the age of the suspects, it really is quite appalling and disgusting.
“The parents have a lot to answer for too - what on earth are two 10-year-old doing wandering around by themselves with a knife? What has Britain come to?”
Jason Grant, district manager for Thornton Heath and Selhurst added: “It is very concerning to think of kids as young as this brazenly approaching a woman in broad daylight and using a knife on her over a cigarette.
“It seems kids who commit crimes are getting younger and younger these days.
“The area surrounding the station is very isolated, which is a problem.”
Croydon CID are investigating.
A woman was stabbed by a boy who she thinks was as young as 10 - after she refused to give him and his friend a cigarette.
Having been turned down, the boys tried to grab the cigarette she was smoking from her mouth.
When she resisted one youngster then slashed her across the arm.
The mindless assault happened at around 2.20pm on Wednesday close to Selhurst train station, in Selhurst Road
Police were called to the scene and an ambulance took the woman to Mayday Hospital for treatment
The two suspects fled the scene and police are now appealing for witnesses to come forward.
A police source told the Advertiser: “The two kids apparently approached the woman and asked her for a cigarette.
“But when she said no one of them slashed her across the arm.
“It is understood they used either a Stanley knife or a sharp razor blade.
“The cut didn't go right to the bone, but it was still a pretty deep cut and the woman was left in deep shock.”
A police spokesman added: “The victim received a cut to her arm after two boys attempted to steal a cigarette out of her mouth.
“It is understood a knife was used in the assault. The suspects are described as black and aged between 10 and 11 years old.”
One worker at nearby Selhurst Depot said: “The police were here this afternoon and I saw a woman with a bandage around her arm.
“They had taken her inside the station and were talking to her. She looked very shook up.”
Danny Foley, landlord of the nearby Selhurst Arms, branded the attack “appalling and disgusting”.
He said: “In many respects I'm not surprised. We get a lot of crime down here.
“But when you consider the age of the suspects, it really is quite appalling and disgusting.
“The parents have a lot to answer for too - what on earth are two 10-year-old doing wandering around by themselves with a knife? What has Britain come to?”
Jason Grant, district manager for Thornton Heath and Selhurst added: “It is very concerning to think of kids as young as this brazenly approaching a woman in broad daylight and using a knife on her over a cigarette.
“It seems kids who commit crimes are getting younger and younger these days.
“The area surrounding the station is very isolated, which is a problem.”
Croydon CID are investigating.
