After his mate’s pad was twice targeted by thieves in one evening, Jeremy Clarkson has lashes out against the police, criticizing the bobbies for failing to intimidate them enough. He believes they are frequently “sent home with some food and a gift voucher.”
In his Sun column, The Petrohead expressed his concerns about rural robberies and the precautions farmers take to protect their properties. The ‘ Clarkson’s Farm ‘ celebrity spills the beans: “I have a friend in leafy Hampstead who tells me that every other night, he’s woken by a neighbour’s burglar alarm”.
He expresses frustration at the sluggish response: “And then about four hours after the place has been ransacked, he’s woken again, by the sound of approaching sirens as the (not so) emergency services arrive”.
A friend reported that thieves had broken into his barn and cut the wires to his security lighting and alarm system, and Jeremy describes the dire state of things nearby.
The TV personality recounts the shocking aftermath: “They were disturbed, the police came and that was the end of that”, reports the Express.
After describing how the offenders returned after being arrested after being apprehended by police and riding his friend’s quad bike and motorcycle, Clarkson contends that even being found guilty won’t result in much punishment, just a slap on the wrist and possibly a new inhaler if they are suspected of having asthma.
He also makes hints about the risk of theft that other farmers are considering.
The 64-year-old revealed a discussion in which some neighbors thought about hiring a private security team to patrol their street at night. He noted, “A dog? One man, I know, once said, “most dogs I know can be bought off with a biscuit,” but another claimed to let an extremely aggressive Alsatian roam his farm yard at night.
In a recent pub conversation, Jeremy continued the revelations, saying, “Another friend inquired last week if we should all load our shotguns with rock salt cartridges and sleep with them under our beds.”
Source: Mirror
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