How two thieves were caught in a spin cycle

The two thieves did a double-take as they drove past A1 Appliances in the Gloucestershire village of Cam. Outside the shop was what looked like the very spin-dryer they had stolen not half an hour earlier.

A man was leaning on it as they drove past, reading their registration to the police over his mobile phone. The thieves, being hunted by Gloucestershire police, had been the victims of a swift retaliatory theft by an enterprising shopkeeper.

In the world of spin-drying thefts, what goes around comes around. They had stolen his spin-dryer. He had stolen it back.