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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stop-snitching-flyers-on-estate.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The leaflets have been left around the Pelican Estate in Peckham, where Sylvester Akapalara was shot dead" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-stop-snitching-flyers-on-estate.jpg" alt="The leaflets have been left around the Pelican Estate in Peckham, where Sylvester Akapalara was shot dead"/></a></p>
<p>Flyers encouraging people not to hand over information to police have been posted on an estate where a teenager was shot dead.</p>
<p>The leaflets advertise a website &#8211; Stop Snitching &#8211; which urges potential informants to refuse to co-operate with the authorities.</p>
<p>It also urged people not to trust Trident, which investigates gun crime in London and has particular expertise in black gunmen and victims.</p>
<p>The leaflets have been left around the Pelican Estate, in Peckham, south east London, where 17-year-old Sylvester Akapalara was shot dead last month.</p>
<p>Investigators offered potential witnesses protection and anonymity if they came forward in the hours after the attack.</p>
<p>Sylvester died after being chased into a stairwell in Heron House. Three teenagers have since been charged with murder.</p>
<p>The leaflets highlight the difficulties police often face in winning the trust of potential witnesses of violent crimes linked to gangs. Their message echoes a notorious 2004 campaign called Stop Snitchin&#8217; launched in Baltimore, United States.</p>
<p>Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Cundy, who leads the Trident unit, said: &#8220;Trident receives an incredible amount of vital community support across London. Engaging with us is not snitching, but about protecting your community.</p>
<p>&#8220;Information from communities is vital to solving murder investigations and we will continue to successfully protect our vulnerable witnesses.</p>
<p>&#8220;Anyone with information that could be relevant to police can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.&#8221;</p>
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