He stole my tape player!
BBC NEWS | England | Berkshire | Police officers charged over thefts
bq. PC Pearce is charged with theft of a mountain bike, camcorder, DVD player, in-car tape player and CD player, between 1 February 2000 and 31 October 2002.
Git. I bet he stole my tape player too. In 1997, my car was broken into and my tape player was stolen. Amazingly, the police caught the bloke who did it (pissed out of his head, staggering around in his front garden, unable to get into his house, with a bag of car stereo’s over his shoulder). I went into the police station and identified the stereo, but was told it was needed as evidence for the trial. No problem.
However, months later, I’d heard nothing. I phoned the police and was told that they couldn’t find my stereo. They must have given it to someone else, the office on the phone said. I got a cheque from the police for the stereo.
Okay, the dates don’t match, and I’ve got no way of knowing for sure, but it could have been these guys.