Tattooed con men tricked two students outside the Rat & Parrot pub into buying faulty goods and then threatened them with gun.

A tattooed con man convinced the students into parting with £200 for a lap-top computer and camcorder. Whilst distracted by a man in a car a second tattooed man switch the items for faulty ones.

When challenged, the two men threatened the students with a gun and drove away in the car, a maroon Vauxhall Carlton, towards Claremont Gardens.

Both men were described as 35, white with a shaved head and red and green tattoos on their arms.

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Posing as a barrister and immigration advisor, Surbiton resident Munir Rafiq conned more than £100,000 out of desperate immigrants looking to settle in the UK.

Now remanded in custody until September 23 when he will face his sentence, Rafiq was found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court of seven counts of forgery, three of having false instruments with intent and one of possessing a replica Home Office stamp.

Though he denies any wrong doing, insisting incriminating evidence belongs to friends, he was accused of offering bogus fast-track British residence to would-be immigrants and is thought to have accrued far more than the �100,000 he's know to have acquired.

The Berrylands Road pharmacy was held up by a hooded man demanding a list of heroin addict prescription drugs.

The 60-year-old woman pharmacist's assistant had a bread knife held to her throat after the robber forced his way into the dispensary.

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Vulnerable YMCA residents are being blamed for an increase in antisocial behaviour around the town.

A Russell Court resident has been jailed this after over 30,000 child porn images were found in his possession.

Duncan Rusk was discovered to have been part of a international paedophile ring exchanging images via the internet. He was jailed for three years at Southwark Crown Court.

Read more in The Scotsman...

Two fire evacuations caused concern for thousands of Surbitonites last Sunday; Waitrose and Hillcroft College.

A faulty freezer in Waitrose initiated the first evacutation after is started smoking unexpectedly. The problem was quickly tackled with an extinguisher while the fire brigade were on their way.

The second, more disturbing incident happened during the night at Hillcroft college. Concidered an arson attack, a trolly full of burning papers was deliberately pushed into the entrance of the residential college and 20 residents were evacuated after the blaze triggered an alarm. Could this be the return of the Tolworth Torch?

Surbiton station was cordoned off on Saturday afternoon and the London Air Ambulance was flown in to deal with what the police described as a 'serious assult'. Bystanders say it was murder.

Update:

Reports confirm that the victim had seriously head injuries though is in a stable condition at St Georges Hospital.

Two individuals were arrested for causing grievious bodily harm and the station forecourt was reopened to public at 8.00pm. Steven Penny, at 30 year old Tolworth resident was due to appear at Kingston Crown Court having been charged in relation to the assault.

A Samurai sword weilding maniac is knocked out by electric stun gun. We're not making this up.

Police were called to Langley Avenue on Saturday after receiving reports of a man running amock with a sword. After attempting to negotiate with him, the man climbed a roof and started to throw missiles.

Eventually after continued talks the man returned to the ground, but members of the Met Police firearms squad decided the only way to disarm him was to jolt him with 50,000 volts from an electronic Taser gun. He was then taken away and detained for questioning.

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Police are concerned that a recent arson attack in Surbiton may indicate the return of a notorious arsonist to the area.

After a three year hiatus, police fear a continuation of a sting of fires which cause hundreds of thousands of worth pounds of damage and injured six people.

The attack on offices on Hook Rise South was thought to have been started deliberately in a rubbish bin put close to the building. The first and second floors are said to have had damaged inflicted to the tune of half a million pounds.

Read more in the Kingson Guardian...

Clinton Williams is found guilty of rape and intimidating his victim. He will be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on June 11th.

After being on the run for over a year, William has finally been found guilty of raping a 16 year old girl on the top story of the Surbiton car park.

Father of two, Williams denied rape though told the police when interviewed that 'no one's ever been that much bother'. He was taken to Wandsworth Prison where he will start his six-year sentence.

Read more in the Kingston Guardian
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