A British man trapped the thief who stole his pager by leaving a message saying he had won about $800 in a competition. David Withers lost the pager when his car was broken into in London. Justin Clark was fined $250 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 (cell phone) 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.”
