West London ‘rogues gallery’ snares first criminal

A west London jewellery thief has handed himself in to Police after being targeted by a council advertising van.

Sean Patterson, 22, handed himself in to Hammersmith Police station early this morning after seeing his own image on a range of publicity materials issued in a joint initiative between Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council and the Met Police.

Patterson, 22, was arrested at 1:15am this morning for his part in a £2,000 jewellery heist in W12. He went on the run after failing to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on November 3, 2011. He has now been remanded in custody awaiting his trial for burglary later in the month.

But Patterson gave himself up after the council and local police produced a range of publicity materials targeting offenders – including an advan with three foot high mugshots of the borough’s seven most wanted criminals on it.

“One down, six to go”, says Cllr Greg Smith, H&F Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services. “Criminals can run, but they cannot hide and in H&F we believe in a zero-tolerance crime-fighting approach. Patterson will now spend some time behind bars and we now need Londoners to have a look at the remaining six suspects so we can flush them out too.”

Chief Superintendent Lucy D'Orsi, H&F Borough Commander, said: “I am pleased that this campaign has had an initial positive result and that the first of these offenders has handed himself in to the police. I would urge the others to do the same as my officers will continue with their enquires aimed at bringing them to justice. Hammersmith & Fulham Police are committed to utilising new technology to fight crime, target offenders and engage with the local community.”

H&F Council has a strong track record of working with the Police and is spending £1.3million a year for three enhanced town centre squads of beat bobbies meaning the borough has 44 more Police officers than it would do otherwise.

To view the images of the other most wanted criminals click here:
www.lbhf.gov.uk/wanted.

If you have information please contact the Police by:

Dialing: 101;
Emailing: hammersmithandfulham.police@met.police.uk;
Or tweeting: @MPSHammFul