WHITE: ‘SMASH AND GRAB BIKER’ APPEARS IN COURT
A biker accused of taking part in a smash and grab raid on a designer store in which his passenger was seriously injured appeared in court today (Thurs).
Bradley White, 21, is said to be one of six men who targeted the Chanel shop in Old Bond Street, on , August 1.
White was arrested after undercover officers rammed his bike as he tried to flee with a second man riding pillion, Southwark Crown Court heard.
His passenger, who has not yet been identified, suffered a serious leg injury when he was pinned between the car and bike and remains in hospital.
White, of (Flat 22) Pritchard Court, Ringcross Estate, Georges Road, Holloway, north London, is charged with conspiracy to burgle.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at the same court for a plea and case management hearing on October 6.
There have been more than 20 attacks in Westminster so far this year and some shops have been targeted several times.
In May, four men on stolen scooters smashed their way into Dolce & Gabbana’s New Bond Street store and fled with a haul of handbags. Six men on mopeds also stole £50,000 of goods from the Larizia designer bag shop in St John’s Wood – the seventh time it had been raided
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