A business owner has hit out at police after he was saddled with a £230 bill for boarding up a broken window following a late-night break in.
Anil Ozdemir, owner of Tony’s Chippy, in Rochdale, is furious cops called out a contractor rather than contacting him after thieves struck last month.
The dad-of-four says his shop, in Oldham Road, has been burgled more than a dozen times, with the latest incident taking place during the early hours of Friday, January 14. READ MORE : 'If not now, when?
Call to freeze Rochdale council tax as cost of living crisis looms Anil, who lives in nearby Chadderton, says he had previously come to secure the shop ‘straight away’ after being alerted by police.
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