CRIME HAPPENS - Editors rant...

We live in a very enviable location where crime and social incidents are happily few and far between. Therefore when something does happen, or the Police need a bit of assistance in locating someone or need some help or information we will report it, if we believe that it is relevant to our community. There is no point in sticking your head in the sand and hoping that it goes away. IT WILL NOT.

Forewarned is forearmed. If, after reading the first piece below, just one pensioner or vulnerable member of our community can prevent themselves from becoming a victim then it has all been worthwhile.

Secondly, the anonymous person who must have spent all of a nano-second thinking about his letter which was sent to me (and is not fit, nor worthy, of publication and was also too shiny to even wipe with), claimed that ALL of the local crime is committed by youngsters. I doubt that this is true, in fact I will bet any money you like against this – Mr S, instead of being very anti-young, and complaining that there are too many “yobs” on the streets of Winchcombe after dark, why not channel your energy into putting something back into your community and give these “yobs” something positive to do! I am not saying that they cannot be intimidating, but I still say hello to them when I walk past, and on the whole they are very pleasant, and mostly polite – just incredibly bored. Give them a chance! So Mr Smith (if that’s your real name and I think it’s not) maybe that its time for YOU to get a life and stop blaming everything on the people who will most likely end up looking after you when you are no longer able to “clip them round the ear”.

OK Rant over. Enjoy the mag! Big Ed.

Police are reminding people to be on their guard when strangers call at their door following an incident at a house in London Road in Moreton In Marsh. Sometime between 4 and 5.15pm Tuesday, March 14 th, a male offender knocked at the door of an 89-year-old woman. The woman invited the man inside and he sold the woman some dusters, but returned to the house a second time shortly after saying he had left something behind. The woman again let the man into the house, but after he left she realised her black leather handbag had been stolen, containing a small amount of cash.
The offender is described as a white male around 17 years of age. He was of slim build and was wearing a dark coloured suit. Police would remind people not to let strangers into their home unless they are sure of their identity and the services they are offering. Always ask for a form of ID to be produced and if you are in any doubt ask the caller to make a formal appointment for a later time.

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