Two prison warders have been disciplined after foiling a crime. They used a jail van to trace a lag who pinched one of their bikes as he was being released.
The pair tracked the culprit four miles from Hewell Prison in Redditch, Worcs, to a railway station and caught him on board a train with the £2,000 bicycle.
They were given formal warnings for using a prison vehicle without permission. A source said: "It seems a bit mean for preventing a crime. "Surely that comes with the territory. "You would think they would be getting well-done pats on the back. "Instead it looks like they’ve made them the scapegoats. "It seems totally wrong.’’ A warder had left the bike in a foyer.
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