Mystery over roadside underwear

[DR]

Mystery over roadside underwear
Pc Steve Harvey with the underwear Pic: Western Daily Press
Police have been recovering the underwear since November
Police in a Wiltshire village have been trying to get to the bottom of an underwear mystery.

Around 30 pairs of knickers have been draped over road signs and gravestones in Purton, near Swindon.

No-one has reported the items as stolen and they all appear to be new and of quite good quality.

Phil Elliott from Purton Police said: "If it's a practical joke and someone could just let us in on it, then that would be great."

He said police had been recovering various pieces of women's underwear since November.

He added: "We don't know if it's a criminal offence or a prank. If it's a prank, please tell us."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...re/6279715.stm

[SilentDeath]

He added: "We don't know if it's a criminal offence or a prank. If it's a prank, please tell us."

but they dont want to know if its not.. :/

[803hart]

some people have time on their hands, I wonder what will be going through the persons mind if this is/was a prank.

[Trash Man]

And does it being a prank stop it being a criminal offence?

[DR]

I've not seen any evidence of this, the first I saw was on the BBC site

[Nick]

Sure it's not you and your tank scaring the pants of lady drivers?

[TheAnimus]

I'd imagine that when they find ladys under garmends they assume rape/assult.

There's this statute near a weatherspoons in reading, one day we where a little drunk and put a bra on her, not having a spare one on my person for just such an occasion, a hall mate did the houners. The police tracked her down (it had her name in it!) and wanted to make sure she hadn't been the victim of some assult. She explained that we thought the statue needed some support.

[JPreston]

...The police tracked her down (it had her name in it!) ...

Wow, what a tigress. GRRRRRRRR!!!

[Clunk]

Maybe Tom Jones passes through Purdon on his way to work?

[Tarffie]

[dave87]

Its almost as if he's never seen them before

[Clunk]

I wonder if they'll get a suspendered sentence?

[dave87]

^^ another legendary Clunk quote....

[Whiternoise]

Hmm was it in the Swindon Adver?

[tiggerai]

All sounds like a load of pants to me.

The police tracked her down (it had her name in it!)

Who the hell puts their name in their bra?
I understand gloves and hats when you're a kid... but Bra's?

[Clunk]

Who the hell puts their name in their bra?
I understand gloves and hats when you're a kid... but Bra's?

I do