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Charity café set up to help disabled kids in honour of murdered Jimmy Mizen is burgled twice in four days

The Cafe of Good Hope, set up by his parents Margaret and Barry  has had it's stock and charity box raided twice in four days

A CHARITY café set up in memory of murdered boy Jimmy Mizen has been robbed twice in four days.

Parents Margaret and Barry launched the Café of Good Hope after he was killed the day after his 16th birthday.

The Cafe of Good Hope CCTV shows a man robbing the charity for the second time in four days
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The Cafe of Good Hope CCTV shows a man robbing the charity for the second time in four daysCredit: Simon Jones - The Sun
The cafe was set up in honour of Jimmy Mizen who was murdered just after his 16th birthday
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The café was set up in honour of Jimmy Mizen who was murdered just after his 16th birthdayCredit: Handout

But it has been burgled overnight twice inside a week by raiders who stole stock and even a charity box crammed with change. Margaret, 66, who launched the café to give young disabled people the chance of work, said: “The first time the raiders made a huge mess. The second time we have a man on CCTV rifling away behind the counter looking for cash.

Parents of Jimmy Mizen, Barry and Margaret, reveal families are living in fear
The cafe was set up by Jimmy's parents Margaret and Barry to help disabled kids
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The café is a charity, set up by Jimmy's parents Margaret and Barry, to help disabled kidsCredit: Simon Jones - The Sun

 

“But we won't give up, that would be letting down the staff. It makes me more determined to carry on.” Margaret said the café in Lewisham, South East London, and two sister branches have been hit 15 times since launching in 2010.

The three cafés, all near where Jimmy died, employ 30 autistic trainees who prepare food and serve tables.

Jimmy was killed in 2008 when battered by Jake Fahri, 19, with an oven dish that shattered, severing an artery.

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