Eavesdropping

I find myself going to a lot of 'victims of crime' that are nothing of the sort - people who have been assaulted by 'some bloke', often 'some big black bloke' who has beaten them up for no reason whatsoever.

Now, while there is random violence and muggings on the streets of Newham and Tower Hamlets, I rarely see it - often the causes of the injury are blatantly obvious.

Normally it's gang activity, or rival drug dealers, or more often X's girlfriend has got off with Y, while X was shagging Z...