Moment a terrified autistic teenager is chased through a London estate by a knife-wielding moped gang

  • The 16-year-old had left home on Tuesday night to visit his friend's house
  • He was confronted by a group of four men on two bikes who then chased him
  • They pursued him back to his home when one of the men brandished a knife 

An autistic teenager has been left 'very shaken' after he was chased through a housing estate by a knife-wielding moped gang.

The 16-year-old, whose family wish him to remain anonymous, was confronted by four men as he left his home in Oval, south London, on his bicycle at around 10.30pm on Tuesday.

When the boy, who has been stabbed in the past, refused their orders to approach them the gang gave chase on their mopeds.

A man brandishing a knife was caught on CCTV chasing an autistic teenager through a south London estate

A man brandishing a knife was caught on CCTV chasing an autistic teenager through a south London estate

He attempted to lose them by peddling 'as fast as he could' through the estate before returning to the safety of his home.

CCTV footage captured at the scene shows one of the gang members jogging after the boy while brandishing a long blade.

He and the rest of the gang soon retreated when the boy's mother came outside after hearing her son's terrified screams.  

She said: 'They had followed him to our front door. 

'Realising my son was not on his own, the person with the knife got back on the moped and they all rode to the other end of our estate.' 

The teenager's father said his son had been emotionally affected by the incident.

'He's quite shaken up,' he said. 'He'd left the house at that time to get his Oyster travel card that he had left at a friend's house because he needed it for college the next day.

'It was around the edge of the estate where the men called him over.

After seeing the boy's mother, the knifeman retreats back to the mopeds

After seeing the boy's mother, the knifeman retreats back to the mopeds

'My son's been robbed several times in the past - he was stabbed in the arm and leg about a year-and-a-half ago and has been scarred - so he's very wary of these situations. 

'He peddled off into another estate but they mounted the pavement on their mopeds and chased him. Luckily he was able to get home in time.'

The boy's father added that there was often trouble on the estate.

'My wife and I worry for the safety of both of our children when they leave the house,' he said. 'You don't really know what could happen.'

He added that the family had called the police over the incident and that officers told them they were investigating.