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Robbers jailed after targeting bike buyers on Facebook Marketplace

Concern criminals “making a business” out of targeting cyclists selling bikes online

“The people involved in these kinds of crimes are taking quite sophisticated steps to pose as the buyer"

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Robbers jailed after targeting bike buyers on Facebook Marketplace

Violent robbers jailed for series of “carefully planned attacks” targeting people buying bikes from Facebook Marketplace

Greater Manchester Police said the pair were motivated by greed and targeted "innocent members of the public, that left their homes to go and buy a bike"

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Canal towpath near Queen Elizabeth Field in Stroud

Teenager stabbed and threatened with plastic handgun during bike robbery attempt on canal towpath

Gloucestershire Police hunt for boy aged between 12 and 14 who demanded cyclist hand over his bike before stabbing the victim in the leg as he tried to cycle away

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Men jailed for knifepoint robbery at Mark Cavendish’s home

Gang who robbed Mark Cavendish at knifepoint ordered to repay £750,000 for stolen watches

Masked gang behind raid must repay value of stolen items or face six extra years in prison each, the robbers already sentenced to between 12 and 15 years in prison

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Man who assaulted shop worker and stole bike jailed

Nottinghamshire Police say robbery left victim “shaken and scared”

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Worcester and Birmingham Canal (via StreetView)

Police insist regular action taken to tackle violent bike robberies after coming under fire for advising victim to avoid route in future

One cyclist, robbed of his bike by masked thugs who hit him with a hammer, was told by police to avoid the canal path in future

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Canal Lock (copyright Simon MacMichael)

“What sort of message does that send out?” – Cyclist mugged for bike on Birmingham canal advised by police to avoid route in future

Victim was left bloodied after being hit with hammer during “brutal attack”

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2021 Trek Remedy 8

Man robbed of £3,300 bike on own doorstep by gang of thugs

West Midlands Police are investigating vicious assault which happened in Kingstanding, Birmingham last Friday

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Millfields Park (Google Maps)

Cyclist warns of yet another terrifying knifepoint bikejacking

The road.cc reader was rammed from his bike as he cycled home from work before being surrounded by three masked attackers who pulled out a knife

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Taunton bike robbery (Avon and Somerset Police)

Cyclists, 13, have bikes stolen after being “deliberately driven at” and threatened

Avon and Somerset Police said the teenagers were unharmed but left shaken following the incident

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