The recent snow in parts of the UK provided this little gem of a story from yesterday, which occured near Newcastle Upon Tyne:
Reports were received by police around 1.20am on Wednesday that a shed had been broken into, with two bicycles stolen.
Fresh evidence lay under police noses when they noticed a trail of footprints, captured by the heavy snow, leading to a property only a few hundred yards away.
The footprints paved the way to the hapless thief's door and a 16-year-old was subsequently arrested.
Both bikes were recovered and the teenager is in custody on suspicion of burglary.
Source Story: www.blyth-wansbecktoday.co.uk
2 comments:
Love it. Thanks for posting.
There must be something about the IQ of thieves in Newcastle (i.e. where I live!).
I tracked some theives in the snow a few weeks back. They'd been breaking into factory units, and left a nice trail in the fresh snow! See http://karlmccracken.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/cold-weather-at-last-detective-at-large/
When confronted by the police, they 'fessed up pretty much immediately, probably using the line, "It's a fair cop guv".
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