CCTV shows mum's terror as masked raiders pin her to bed in Ealing robbery as son, six, begs them to let her go

Eleanor Rose13 June 2017
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Terrifying CCTV footage shows the moment a mum screamed in horror as masked men raided her house and pinned her to a bed while her six-year-old son begged them to let her go.

The brave victim told of her ordeal after four members of the Camden gang, who also burgled at least 15 other properties across London in seven months, were jailed for a combined 23 years.

But police are still hunting other gang members involved in the "highly organised raid" at the family's home in Ealing, west London.

Footage released by detectives shows the masked men creeping into the house and prowling a hallway before the mum is alerted by a noise and goes to check the front door.

She is then seen screaming and cowering before a masked intruder grabs her and bundles her through a doorway.

Screaming: The woman sees robbers in her home
Met Police

The woman, who has not been named, was putting her two young children to bed when five men crept in through a patio door in a raid she revealed had left her psychologically scarred.

She said: "Obviously time is a big healer, but in some ways [the effects] haven’t been diminished."

After hearing a noise on the stairs at about 8pm on March 8, 2016, the victim went to check if her front door was open to see if her husband had come home.

Terrified: The woman is seen running across the landing to check the front door
Met Police

She said: "It’s one of those cases when you hear a noise in the night and you never think it’s going to be anything ... Everything from then on was slow motion.

"You look across, and I saw the masked person. My son and I were in my bedroom.

"There were men pushing me, grabbing me, asking me 'give me the money'.

"My son was crying, only six years-old, 'leave my mum alone, just take the money and go.'"

Victim: The Ealing homeowner spoke out about her ordeal
Met Police

Stephen Kelly, 22, Danny Logan, 21, and Beau Abououf, 27, and Daniel Hill, 22, were all linked to the raid by detectives.

They were tracked down by police investigating an extraordinary spree of burglaries between November 2015 and June 2016 in which hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash, jewellery and electrical equipment were stolen in break-ins in Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing and Haringey.

Jailed: Clockwise from top left, Beau Abououf, 27, Stephen Kelly, 22, Danny Logan, 21, and Daniel Hill, 22
Metropolitan Police

In many of the raids, the gang also stole expensive designer watches and clothes.

Abuoouf, of Varndell Street, was jailed for eight years for robbery and conspiracy to burgle at Harrow Crown Court.

Kelly, of Lymington Road and Logan, of Raglan Street, were each sentenced to six years behind bars for the same charges.

Hill, who took part in other burglaries in the gang's spree but was not involved in the Ealing robbery, was jailed for two years in prison for two counts of burglary and one charge of conspiracy to burgle.

Police fear that a number of the group are still at large and have appealed for help to catch the remaining robbers.

Detective Inspector James Hale, of the Met’s Trident and Area Command, said: “These men were all professional burglars who committed crime in a highly organised manner to support a lavish lifestyle. They have shown a complete disregard for the victims of their crimes, many of whom have suffered severe financial and psychological damage.

“In most of the burglaries, the men targeted properties where they believed the homeowner was away, but, in one terrifying robbery, Abououf, Kelly and Logan stole jewellery from a house in Ealing after pinning a mother to the bed in front of her young child, who is still suffering psychological trauma more than a year later."

Anyone with information can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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