Tag Archives: police

Police incompetence in Berwick-upon-Tweed (Rousse)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At long last we had come to a compromise and I would soon be the proud owner of a house with a sea view in Berwick-upon-Tweed. I popped into town to check the facilities. “Perhaps Berwick isn’t the place for … Continue reading →

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Coronation Street actress disposes of murder evidence (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I knew all about the murder, so when the police came to investigate it someone “kindly” shut me up by knocking me out with a stun gun. This silenced me for a while. However, it still didn’t deal with the … Continue reading →

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Police raid Edinburgh basement cocaine factory (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I had housed GP as an act of charity. In truth I didn’t know much about him other than he and I attended the same school for a short while in the 1970s. I learnt that my generosity was a … Continue reading →

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Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

With my sister J at the wheel of the Fiat Panda, we turned off the main road and drove past a country pub packed with Eton schoolboys dressed in their school uniform. They couldn’t take their eyes off A, next … Continue reading →

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David Mitchell’s photography one-upmanship lands university professor in trouble (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

David Mitchell showed me his DSLR camera and its a full range of lenses. It was then – two days into our two week holiday touring the Scottish highlands – that I realised that I only had the telephoto lens … Continue reading →

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Sting beats Mick Jagger in conversation competition (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Sting was giving his full attention to AD, but I didn’t mind because I knew that my turn would come eventually. I made myself comfortable knitting on the sofa listening to Eddie Mair in the second half of Radio 4’s … Continue reading →

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Another PhD and the police (Rousse)

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I successfully defended my second doctoral thesis so it was now entirely legitimate for me to call myself Dr Dr. However, the celebrations would have to wait because everyone had rushed outside to watch the extraordinary activities of the police … Continue reading →

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The body in the bedroom (Rousse)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR made the gruesome discovery when we lifted the bed across to the other side of the room. Gently swinging from from the bedstead was the stiff little corpse of a fully dressed toddler. From the state of the decomposing … Continue reading →

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Everton fan survives road traffic accident only to be mugged by drug addict (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I looked out of my kitchen window and spotted PC in his Everton strip heading out for a run across the Meadows. He hesitated when he reached the road, appeared to decide to wait for the car to pass, then … Continue reading →

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Werewolves infiltrate British police force (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Dreamaticus

It was hard to believe that my companion knew nothing of the court case. It had been all over the media for weeks. I pointed out the main characters from our vantage point in the public gallery and tried to … Continue reading →

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