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 | | Thursday, 4 April, 2002, 18:29 GMT 19:29 UK Video clue over blinded shopkeeper  The suspect had stolen alcohol Pictures of a man suspected of blinding a shopkeeper with a broken bottle have been released by police. Abdul Sattar was injured in one eye after chasing the young thief and an accomplice who had stolen alcohol from his south London store. They then turned and attacked him with a broken bottle - he suffered a broken nose, broken arm and head and leg injuries. He said it was the 100th robbery on his store and the law is "too soft" on teenage thugs. Shopkeeper's warning The suspect in the CCTV pictures from the store in London Road, Norbury, appears to be aged between 16 and 21 years, white, of medium build wearing a pale baseball cap. He is also wearing a dark jacket with a light hooded sweatshirt underneath, dark trousers and white trainers.
Superintendent David Peacock said: "We feel sure anyone who knows this young man will recognise him from these pictures." Mr Sattar, a father-of-three, says he will not return to his shop and warned other would-be shopkeepers to expect to be terrorised by "young hoodlums". Mr Sattar spoke to BBC Radio 4 from the hospital where he is recovering following Friday's attack outside his shop. 'Soft laws' "I know quite a few offenders who come repeatedly in my shop.
"The law is not tough enough to stop them. "The law about young people is soft. They can do whatever they want to do and nobody can stop them. "Sometimes those small crimes get bigger and bigger." Closing shop "If you want to run a business, get ready for these things. South London Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes called on the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to investigate. "It is very common for shop owners to be pestered, assaulted, robbed and often be the subject of violence." He said a "common strategy" to deal with these troublemakers was needed. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers had been called to Mr Sattar's store 11 times since January 2000. | |   See also: Top England stories now:  Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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