On Thursday 5th May around midday or the early afternoon a workman doing some work on the street noticed that two young men had set upon the Royal Mail postman and were threatening him and demanding to be given all the parcels. The workman chased them off and called the police, who arrived in a few minutes. I spoke to the postman on Friday 6th May and he confirmed that the young men had been taken about 8 parcels including some taken from under people's door mats on the same street. One parcel was found ripped open round the corner. The whole matter was reported to the police.

I wanted to bring this to the attention of the forum to be vigilant in the Honor Oak/Forest Hill area about this sort of crime, and consider making other arrangements for parcels while these two young men are at large.

If you see two young men acting suspiciously and lifting people's door mats, it might be worth reporting that to the police as well.