Met detectives used DNA and CCTV to identify a man who staged an armed robbery at a Post Office in Hounslow after he cut himself while making his escape from the scene.

Met detectives used DNA and CCTV to identify a man who staged an armed robbery at a Post Office in Hounslow after he cut himself while making his escape from the scene.

Rajvinder Khalon was one of five members of the same family who were involved in the plot which resulted in around £136,000 being stolen from the branch in Hounslow. As he fled the scene, he cut himself while climbing over a metal fence, and detectives used this evidence, as well as a huge amount of CCTV and phone data to identify those involved and take them to court. At around 6.30pm on the 1st of April 2024 the Met responded to reports of an …