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Diners and staff at Edinburgh restaurant 'team up to take on gang' after incident
An Edinburgh restaurant supervisor claims a balaclava-wearing group attempted to steal her bike while she was working on George Street.
Footage captured by a diner at Le Petit Beefbar on Thursday evening, show a group three attempt to nick the bike belonging to a member of staff at the venue.
Anna Mykhailova, 22, only bought the bike a week before the incident and said it's her main commute to work.
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The gang allegedly used 'large rocks' in a bid to smash the lock off the bike but did not succeed. Diners and colleagues at the restaurant 'teamed up' against the trio in broad daylight.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Anna, who works as the restaurant supervisor, is "relieved" her bike was not taken but said "it could have been gone in two minutes".
Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.
She added: "My colleagues told me not to freak out but when I found out what happened, my face completely changed - I thought it was a joke at first.
"There was three guys trying to steal my bike but a customer was screaming at them and trying to get them off
"Another bartender screamed at them too and told them to leave. Luckily, the bike lock did it's job because they had a rock with them and started smashing it but they couldn't get it off.
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"The police were there within five minutes. The group was three males in balaclavas and all of them were on the same moped."
The 22-year-old said she paid a lot of money for the bike after saving up for over a year. She was involved in a road accident in 2024 and it was a "big thing" for her to get a new one.
She added: "It was a relief when everything was fine in the end but it could have been gone in two minutes.
"I had only had the bike for one year and I saved money for a while to get this specific one because I was involved in an accident last year.
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"If I didn't have the bike, I don't know what I would do - I would be so devastated and sad if it was taken."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 7.20pm on Thursday, 19 June, we received a report of the attempted theft of a motorbike on George Street in Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing."
