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Police arrest an armed 99 year old
07.08.09
Police have arrested one of Britain's oldest criminals who was carrying weapons at the age of 99.
The unnamed pensioner was also equipped to steal when apprehended in Peterborough. His arrest brings the total of crooks aged over 65 caught by Cambridgeshire police in the city over the past three years to 50.
Reader views (3)
If you're going to do the crime you have to do the time... He might have actually been _trying_ to get back to prison. 3 hots and cot as they say.
- Trunk, US
What a deplorable state the UK is in.
Pensioners of 99 years needing to supplement their pittance hand-out from the Labour government by committing crimes.
Gormless Brown and Jackboot Straw could not care less - their obscene expenses more than adequately cover all known and unknown eventualities.
- Reuben Camara, Republic of Morecambe, UK
I hope the Judge awards him a big pension increase.
- Graham Rodhouse, Helmond,Netherlands
