Sunday 11 October 2020

New 'Raffles' Of Maida Vale Locked-Up

A prolific offender who police describe as a “one man crime wave” has been jailed for preying on the residents of Maida Vale.

Phillip Oyelade, 40, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to three-and-a-half years imprisonment.

The sentencing took into account offences of burglary, assault, possession of offensive weapons, and drug and public order charges.

Oyelade pleaded guilty to a residential burglary at Edbrooke Road, Maida Vale on August 10, last year.

He and an unidentified accomplice were captured on CCTV stealing £20,000 worth of property, including laptops, handbags and a driver’s licence. 

During the break-in, £5,000 worth of damage was caused.

Oyelade also pleaded guilty to burgling a private garage in Barnwood Close, Maida Vale on November 19, last year.

He was confronted by the owner and arrested at the scene by Territorial Support Group officers.

They were proactively searching for him in connection with three other residential burglaries and another non-residential burglary. 

These had all been committed in the Maida Vale area within two months of his eventual arrest.

Oyelade also entered a guilty plea for possession of a Class B drug, which was found on him during his arrest and a Section 5 Public Order Act offence in connection with homophobic abuse he subjected the arresting officers to.

Oyelade also admitted assault, causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon during an incident on July 19, last year. 

He was captured on CCTV at a youth centre in Clearwell Drive, Maida Vale, headbutting a youth worker and brandishing a samurai sword.

Detective Constable Sam Ekeocha, from Central West BCU’s CID team, said: “It would not be an exaggeration to describe Phillip Oyelade as a one man crime wave in the W9 postcode.

"He is a violent man who did not think twice about breaking into people’s homes in broad daylight. 

It was the bravery of the residents, workers and police officers of the W9 area which lead to his arrest and subsequent conviction.”

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