Mugged :(

[fluffymark]

Got attacked on the Cambridge-London train on my way home from a lovely day out in Cambridge. I'm home now, but horribly shaken and really won't be sleeping very well I fear. *shakes* My fingers are still trembling as I write this.

10-12 idiots boarded the train, and roamed up and down threatening people (about a dozen people in my carriage) obviously looking for a target, asking people what was in their bags, and being overfriendly with the single female passengers - train approached a station and they picked on me, attempted to grab my bag (which I was holding very tightly by this stage) and pulled it away from me. I kept hold of it, but they managed to open it and my things went everywhere. They quickly fled and jumped off the train. Witnesses helped me up and I gathered my belongings, minus my mobile, which they must have taken. Nice woman offered me a lift back to my place from the station, refusing to let me travel any further on my own.

Disbelief that they struck so openly in front of so many witnesses, on a route I use often. Relief that it's now over, and they didn't get anything else, nor am I hurt physically (although I'm sure hurt in other ways). Mobile is replaceable, may cost money I'm short of right now. Argh.

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR PHONENUMBERS!!! Stupid me had not copied most of them from my mobile, so assume I don't know your number now. Also (obviously) don't try and phone me on my number (I'm trying to immobilize the phone) and if you get do get phoned from my old number (or have already had a call from my number in the last 2 hours) it was not me.

Comments

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! :( :( :(

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Oh, baby!!

*huggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggs*

*cuddles you and strokes your hair and sends you pretty people to cheer you up*

I'll e-mail you our numbers again.

Thank heavens for the nice woman and the good witnesses.

Thinking of you,

Elly

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Poor you!

HUGS

Gina

[erming.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that it is terrible :(

I got attacked once and it put me off travelling for a while. Hope you are still ok with the trains.

take care,

[ixwin.livejournal.com]

Sympathy and hugs.

Like you, I'm amazed they'd do that - I've always assumed trains were fairly safe.

Thinking of you.

[rainbowskye.livejournal.com]

What a horrid thing to happen, am very sorry to hear it :( Sending you a *hug* and hope you recover soon and get a new mobile sorted..

[zeke-hubris.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely horrible. I hope you feel better soon.

[ex-blackvelv826.livejournal.com]

that's really horrible. i hope you get your phone sorted out - maybe the police should be involved, with it being stolen.

i hate trains at the best of times for the reason you've just described. its groups of bored kids with nothing better to do that cause the majority of prolems. i'm surprised no-one else on the train helped you a bit more. perhaps they were scared too.

bring back train warden people, thats what I say...

*hug*

[mostlyacat.livejournal.com]

Meep, poor you

I was beaten up on the way to school once - that was not fun at all. I was shaken up for ages afterwards and took a different route after that.

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD BABY! *hugshugshugshugshugshugshugshugshugshugshugs* You are getting so much bad luck at the moment. Unfair! I know it's unfair to expect life to be fair.. but still... ow.) I'm getting really angry in a really stupid way, like: YOU GOT MUGGED? AND I WAS NOT THERE? I know I can't be everywhere at once to protect every lovely princess in the world but I would really have liked to try a few ninja moves on those guys ://///////

Will send you my number. Ow. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Erk, bastards.

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

MEEP :(
That mings lotsly -- not much comfort, I know, but I've never heard of that kind of robbery happening before and I'd guess that's because people doing that kind of thing are likely to get caught very quickly (lots of witnesses, police often being at stations, etc.).

*hughughughughughughughughughughug* Hope you have a patch of good luck soon to make up for the bad patch.

Will mail you with numbers.

[fluffymark]

Thankyou for the hugs. I'm a bit better today. I'd not suspected that kind of Robbery was at all common either, and while I hope they get caught, the police don't appear to be in any rush to get them. They said they'd phone me back on monday to get me to make a Statement - by then the trail may be cold. Still, stations have CCTV and i can give them the exact time and location it happened.
Hoping I get good luck soon. :)

[fluffymark]

Eeep, sorry to hear that - it can't have been fun for you. Nasyp people beating you up. Grrrr. It's a mixture of disbelef that anyone could sink that low and do that to me, and anger at myself (oddly) that i managed to let them do this to me, and general numbness that i'm feeling today. Still shaken, but i'm coming to my senses and looking on the bright side - i mean, the only think missing is my mobile and that needed replacing anyway.

Re: That is ::so:: sucky

[fluffymark]

Thanks for the sympathy hugs. :)
Hoping they get caught too - but realistically i think they may get away with it - BT transport police don't want to take a statement until monday, which means they're not exactly in any hurry to catch anyone.
I'd seriously considered phoning 999 because the situation was getting out of hand on the train, but the last thing i wanted to do was get my mobile out of my bag and reveal that I had something of value for them to take - but in the end they got it anyway. Nor could i get to the train alarm, as they were blocking me in. You'e right maybe i should seriously consider a rape alarm or somesuch - i'd never thought they'd pick me - just before they attacked i was more worried about the woman opposite me that was looking very scared at their unwelcome advances.
Still, am feeling a bit better today. :)

[fluffymark]

I phoned the police as soon as I got home - the BT transport police will phone me back on monday to take a statement, and then i'll immobilize the stolen handset so it isn't worth anything to the robbers.
I'd always thought trains were safe - until yesterday. I now realsie what a sitting target a lone traveller is in one - nowhere for me to escape to, and at a station they can jump off and escape quickly. In future i'm going to be very wary about travelling alone in the evenings on slow trains that stop at the small local stations. I get the impression other people would have helped if they thought it would make a difference, but there were so many robbers it was inevitable they had the upper hand. The other passangers were immense help afterwards, helping me pull myself back together, and especially Rachel (the friendly stranger who helped me home and gave me her number as a witness).
There didn't even appear to be a guard on the train - nobody checked tickets, there must have been only the driver.
Thanks for the support and advice and hugs. :)

[fluffymark]

I'm feeling shaken and numb still, but better than last night. It could have been a lot worse, thats what i keep telling myself. Eeep.

[fluffymark]

Thanks for the hug! :) It was horrible, but these things happen, don't they? May even be getting a new mobile today, which should certainly help to reassure me things are returning to normal again.

[fluffymark]

Thanks for the thought - you're very kind! :) I'd always thought trains were relatively safe too - i've felt scared on platforms in the dark at various times in the past, but once on a well lit moving train, i've never considered the dangers. Now I know how trapped I can be in a train. Eeep.

[fluffymark]

Eeeep. Sorry to hear about your attack too - it can't have been nice - where/when was that? *hugs* I think i'm going to be more wary on trains, but i can't stop using them - i've no other easy means of travelling around the country. I may htink twice about exactly when I travel in future when i'm on my own.

[fluffymark]

Thanks for the hugs - and it was good to see you yesterday! :) :)

Re: meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! :( :( :(

[fluffymark]

Thankyou elly for the hugs! I think i need them seriously right now - i'm still shaken and numb. Thinks will get back to normal soon, I'm sure. And thanks for your phone numbers! :) You're very kind. :)

[fluffymark]

Awww. You're so kind for giving me that level of support! :) Ninja Yves takes on the robbers and wins. Huzzah! :)
Thanks for your number and the hugs and everything! :)

[fluffymark]

Exactly. At least I know i'm better than that sort of lowlife.

I'm so sorry!

[coven.livejournal.com]

Must have been an awful experience! *Lots of hugs* I hope you'll be able to forget it soon!

Weirdness: Once I was asleep on a train back to London in the middle of the day. The train pulled up at a station and a gang of teenagers emptied a bottle of water over me through the open window of the carriage, then ran away...

[mostlyacat.livejournal.com]

Would you like a mobile phone? I have a spare motorola V50 which I had before my Panasonic GD67. The V50 is locked to T-Mobile though, but it could be unlocked at a mobile phone shop for a small fee I think if you're not on T-Mobile. It's a small flippy silver phone:




We have all the accessories for it and have no use for it.