I was washing the car out the back a few years ago when I heard someone running down the lane. Looked up to see two young lads (13-14yrs old) run down the lane and up the next. Loads of kids around so thought nothing of it.
A minute or so later, a neighbour comes running down and ask if I had seen 2 lads. I said yes and asked why. He said he'd seen them running out of his house.
I said they must have hidden in one of the garages as they would not have made it to the end of the lane before my neighbour had appeared, so we walked up quietly and heard them in one of the garages.
We got them out and walked them back to his house where he phoned the police. I left him to it and went back to take the car for a short run to get most of the water off before letting rip with the shammy.
As I drove back towards the house I saw my neighbour walking up the road with a couple of plod, another plodmobile appeared, followed by another. No sign of the lads.
I asked him what happened.
He'd left them downstairs whilst he went to check up stairs...and they'd legged it. Oh surprise, surprise. What the heck did he expect them to do ?
Anyhoo, by now we had 2 foot bobbies, the two plodmobiles had been joined by a third....and a helicopter was over the area.
All this for two teenage lads.
