Category Archives: Westfield

Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily close Westfield shopping centre in London – video

Posted on by

Anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters were forced back by police officers as they stormed Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London. The incident occurred after a mass march snaking about 12 miles through London, starting in Parliament Square and reaching as far west as Hammersmith. The Metropolitan Police temporarily closed the Westfield shopping centre as a result of the protest. 

'The 3rd demo is now at Westfield and is causing significant disruption to the local community and businesses,' The Metropolitan police event twitter account posted. 'The MPS strongly urge those who are taking part in this demo to go home. Failure to do so may result in enforcement action being taken'

Continue reading...

Police officer says three-week search for retiree who died in Westfield Bondi stairwell ‘consumed’ her

Posted on by

Bernard Gore was found dead in shopping centre’s fire stairs which stretched for 14km

A police officer has broken down while recalling the fruitless search for a retiree whose body was later discovered in the stairwell of a Sydney shopping centre, while a colleague has suggested they should have searched the stairs themselves.

Bernard Gore, 71, was found dead in the fire stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction in late January 2017 some three weeks after he went missing.

Continue reading...

CCTV footage key to inquest of Bernard Gore who died trapped in Westfield stairwell

Posted on by

Tasmanian man’s body was found in a fire stairwell at Bondi Junction shopping centre three weeks after he disappeared

As Bernard Gore’s wife of 50 years waited to meet him in a Sydney shopping centre, she had no idea her husband was trapped nearby in a fire stairwell where he would later die.

Angela Gore, surrounded by her children, cried silently as an inquest heard how her husband’s body was found kneeling forward – as if he’d fallen off a nearby chair – in the stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction in early 2017.

Continue reading...