Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at the police after his friend’s property was burgled twice in one night, and claimed that the criminals are often ‘sent home with some food and a gift voucher’
Jeremy Clarkson has raged against the police after his mate’s pad was twice targeted by thieves in a single evening, blasting the bobbies for not doing enough to put off the crooks, who he reckons are often “sent home with some food and a gift voucher.”
The petrolhead aired his grievances in his Sun column about rural robberies and the lengths farmers go to keep their properties safe. The ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ celebrity spills the beans: “I have a friend in leafy Hampstead who tells me that every other night, he’s woken by a neighbour’s burglar alarm.”
He expresses frustration at the sluggish response: “And then about four hours after the place has been ransacked, he’s woken again, by the sound of approaching sirens as the (not so) emergency services arrive.”
Jeremy opens up about the dire state of affairs near him: “A mate came round to say thieves had cut the wires to his security lighting and alarm system and broken into his barn.”
The TV personality recounts the shocking aftermath: “They were disturbed, the police came and that was the end of that,” reports the Express.
After detailing how the offenders returned post-police to swipe his friend’s quad bike and motorcycle, Clarkson suggests that even getting caught doesn’t mean much punishment, merely a slap on the wrist and possibly a new inhaler if they claim to have asthma.
He also hints at extreme steps other farmers are contemplating to safeguard their land from thieves.
The 64 year old revealed a discussion where some neighbours considered hiring a private security team to protect their street at night. He noted, “A dog? I know one man who lets an extremely aggressive Alsatian patrol his farm yard at night,” yet he mused that “most dogs I know can be bought off with a biscuit.”
Jeremy continued the revelations from a recent pub chat, adding, “Another friend wondered in the pub last week if we should all load our shotguns with rock salt cartridges and sleep with them under our beds.”