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Jack Kessler

OPINION - Has bike theft been ‘effectively decriminalised’ in London?

Tourists think it’s all tea at The Ritz or bumping into Hugh Grant and his floppy hair, but for a true London experience, you really need to have your bike stolen. And once seized, there’s precious little chance of getting it back.

In fact, 93 per cent of the 15,899 reported bike thefts in the capital last year were closed by the Metropolitan Police without a suspect being identified, according to figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats.

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