highwaystar101 on 09 August 2011
Looking around, the media blew it way out of proportion. I walked around Birmingham city centre this morning and only four or five shops have been broken into, and shattered windows didn't seem too frequent. Even Gamestation wasn't broken into and that would be a prime target. Primark hasn't been burned down and the bull's head is still there as it always has been.
It looks like it was primarily phone shops, including CEX, which is ironically probably where half the nicked hones (if they got any) will probably end up. Jessops was trashed. That was it really though. I don't think that much happened, most of the rumours were pure nonsense.
