LONDON (Reuters) -- A British man trapped the thief who stole his pager by leaving a message saying he had won 500 pounds ($835) in a competition.
David Withers lost the pager when his car was broken into. Builder Justin C.......k, ensnared in the simplest of stings, was fined 150 pounds ($251) for being in possession of stolen property after answering the message.
Withers told reporters: "I was fuming when I found my car had been broken into. I called police and then decided to leave the message. Not long afterwards, my mobile rang and a shady-sounding voice asked about the prize. "I told him he had won 500 pounds in a church fete and that I had paged him because I did not want to send the money by post. The police arrested the idiot when he came to collect the prize. I could not believe anybody would be that stupid." Source: CNN Labels: competition, ensnared, pager
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