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Begging women on Churchfield Road

Yesterday afternoon 5.30ish my female friend and I were approached by a youngish woman near the corner with the Rocket. (This was not the woman who regularily begs on Churchfield Road for money claiming she needs to top up her oyster card to escape her violent boyfriend.)  She was very apologetic and said her car was parked down the street and she needed to get petrol to get home to Richmond.  She had £2 but the garage  would not let her put petrol in a plastic bottle so she needed £3.70 for a petrol container.  Initially she offered her phone or jewelery as collateral. Having met too many chancers before, I kindly offered to drive her to the garage and pay for said petrol can and bring her back and wait whilst she decanted the petrol from my new container.  She thanked me very much but refused to put me to so much bother.  When I drove off a few minutes later I saw her searching for others to try her story on.She was slim, well dressed, blonde hair pinned up, nice make up, did not look like an obvious drug addict about 5 foot 4" tall.

Jill Williams ● 5834d2 Comments

I saw her too and have reported her strange conduct to the Safer Neighbourhood Team. She kept changing her story which was suspicious.

The Editor ● 5834d

There was one lady walking along Horn Lane one day last week stopping everyone who passed by.She was wearing a plastic hospital bracelet on her arm which appeared quite a loose fit.Her story was that she had just come out of hospital, asked to excuse her voice as she was speaking in a rather husky voice - suggesting she had a cold.She was asking each person for money, I was rushing for the train so did not longer long but noticed she went into a takeaway shop and was also stopping others in the street asking for money. This was almost facing the Co-Op in Horn Lane.This was a black lady, slim, one wouldn't think the type to be begging on the street. Late 30's - well dressed.One wonders how she got to Horn Lane from the hospital if her story was true - the nearest hospital is North Acton, the other in Ducane Road.Why would a hospital discharge someone in that situation?

Jean F Fernandez ● 5834d