Crime Reporting Sheet

Ref. no. 		: 1113054/4
Crime ref. code	: Extortion 
Date			: 08/4/18
Victim 			: Mr. J. P. Patel
Place of Crime	: 54 Claremont Road, Surbiton
Formal Summary
At 11.40 on the above date two men entered the premises, which is a Newsagent's shop. They demanded money from the proprietor and threatened violence to follow if he refused to pay. They damaged some property before leaving the shop.
Witness Statements
Mr. Patel (informant)
The two men arrived at about 11.40. They were both white and over six feet. One of them had a sort of skinhead haircut, though he was a bit old for that, and had a nose like a boxer - as if it had been
broken. He did all the talking.
The other man didn't say anything. When they threatened me he made a big play of rolling his sleeves up. He had tattoos all over his arms.
Anyway, the first man told me I'd have to pay him every week, or I'd "have trouble" in the shop. This wasn't the first time that I'd had this sort of threat, and I've heard that the other shopkeepers have already given money - they're too frightened to call the police.
The two men are supposed to be under the control of a guy called 'Roberto'. I don't know who he is, but the shopkeepers reckon that he's part of the local mafia - but I don't know whether that's true, or just a rumour.
They pulled over one of the display cabinets before they left. There was another man in the car, but I couldn't see anything of him at all.