Not what they had in mind . . .

It seems a deterrent to criminals became their target instead. The Austrian Times reports:

Thieves walked off with a life-sized statue of a policeman used to deter crooks at a shopping centre in Limburg, Germany.

The model - showing an officer about to pull his gun - was supposed to make thieves think twice before chancing their arm.

But crooks copped the 80lb statue as a trophy to show off their skills, say police.

"They clearly weren't fooled by it. We've got a real one down there now," said one officer.

A case of shutting the stable shopping-center door after the horse statue has gone?





Peter