DUMB STUCK; Thief trapped in car door.Byline: STEPHEN WHITE A TEENAGE thief feels the long arm of the law - after his hand got stuck in the car he was trying to steal. The 17-year-old was thought to have eased his fingers in the driver's door and prised it open before slipping, causing it to shut tight. The hapless hap·less adj. Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate. hap  less·ly adv. thief then woke residents in the early hours with
screams of "let me out".
And it was an easy catch for police who found him flailing on the Vauxhall Cavalier's roof with his left arm clamped. Car owner Janet Hooley, 68, said: "When we heard a noise I went to the window then outside. I said, 'What are you doing with your arm in my car?' He replied, 'It wasn't me'. "He was shouting let me out and I said, 'I am not'. We called the police and about five police cars came. It was an easy cop for them. It's an old car and he had managed to get his fingers in the door and prise it open. "The kid must have been laid on top and got his arm in to pull up the button." The teenager later appeared at Barnsley youth court and admitted trying to steal the car in Ardsley, South Yorks. Prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. Julie Grant said he had been desperate to get home to Hull which is 70 miles away. And Julian Brook, defending, said: "He was sat on the doorstep at home when a van pulled up and asked him if he wanted to go with them and do some work. "He has been working with the travelling community for several weeks but they wouldn't allow him home. He was threatened with assault so he sneaked off. "He did not have enough for a bus so he tried to steal the car." He was granted conditional bail with a curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. and will appear in court this month. CAPTION(S): RED-HANDED Cops find lad stuck tight in the Cavalier cavalier (kăv'əlĭr`), in general, an armed horseman. In the English civil war the supporters of Charles I were called Cavaliers in contradistinction to the Roundheads, the followers of Parliament. RED-FACED The would-be thief is released and taken away by police officers |
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