Overview
- The raid targeted Bilezzik jewellers on Green Lanes in Islington at about 10am on February 24, with four helmeted suspects smashing counters and seizing stock.
- Witness video shows one robber brandishing a large machete while others looted the shop and stuffed jewellery into large bags.
- Passersby fought back using a broom, a saw and thrown bottles, and one suspect stumbled during the getaway and fled on foot.
- The group used mopeds to escape; police say they were called at 10:04am and arrived by 10:08am, and no injuries were reported.
- The Metropolitan Police report no arrests and urge anyone with information to call 101 quoting CAD 2319/24Feb or contact Crimestoppers.