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Thief fails at basic subterfuge

A German teenager’s attempt to escape the law backfired when he gave a policeman’s address as his own. The 18-year-old tried to dupe police with the time-honoured tactic of lying about where he lived but, unfortunately for him, the address he gave turned out to be the home of the investigating officer.

The thief, from Achim in northern Germany, admitted he had lied when the officer explained that the address belonged to him, said police in nearby Verden.

“It was complete coincidence,” said a police spokesman. “The thief gave that address because he’d once lived in the house. The policeman was the guy who moved in afterwards.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .