Joanna Lumley's Bike Thief Encounter

0:00On April 6, Dame Joanna Lumling, the absolutely fabulous icon, got hit by a crew of motorbike thieves right outside her 2.5 million pound, townhouse in South London Stockwell Neighborhood last week. The 79-year-old star rushed out around 2.30 a.m. to find masked guys revving bikes, one already in her car's driver's seat, but they couldn't get it started as the alarm blared. This wasn't isolated, it's part of a string of vehicle break-ins plaguing the area, with police logging three attempts from Thursday, March 26th, to Saturday, March 28th. Neighbors reported similar hits, like a van door busted and a small red car's window smashed. Locals are rattled, calling it scary. With these bike-riding crews hitting cars often lately, they ramped up community efforts, rejoining safer neighborhood panels, and meeting cops regularly, amid broader London chaos like those Eastern. Locals in Clapham that turned into shoplifting riots and police clashes. Police are stepping up with more patrols and targeting repeat offenders, noting vehicle

1:03crimes down nearly 15% from last year. Other celebs face to tax two, like broadcaster Selena Scott getting jump last June, and Mick Jagger's fiance Melanie Hammrich, mugged in Mayfair. This February, while London's battling this crime wave under the spotlight, Joanna stays energized, diving into new projects from travel shows to cameos, proving age, ain't slow in her vibe.