After nearly four years, a woman has been arrested for spreading nails across a busy road.
The main Salisbury Road of the small village, in Christchurch has been awash with nails and screws, which have continued to cause danger and concern for residents and road users in the area.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, there was a ‘sigh of relief’ among residents, as Christchurch Police, who have been following the case since 2004, made a formal arrest.
Despite their best attempts, it has proved to be almost impossible to gain evidence of the middle aged woman’s dangerous antics and many have even stayed awake throughout the night to catch her in the act, to no avail.
For the proprietor of Winkton Auto Garage, it has been a benefit for business, claiming ‘one week we had about fifty cars bought in, all needing new tyres.’ He almost became embarrassed at the amount of cars bought to the garage and was concerned that ‘people may think that I’m the culprit of all this, due to the amount of trade that I’ve gained.’
The woman, who has been arrested after police performed an overnight watch on the house to finally gain sufficient evidence, spends most of her time alone. She rarely interacts with other residents of the village and on the occasion that she does, it is said that her only topic of conversation is the danger of the road.
It is not yet certain that she will face a prosecution, but police and residents wait in hope that her daily activity grinds to a halt. Close neighbour Mrs Seddington-Ford, 49, says ‘I have grown tired of collecting jars full of nails and having my car tyres continuingly replaced…it simply must stop!’
The main Salisbury Road of the small village, in Christchurch has been awash with nails and screws, which have continued to cause danger and concern for residents and road users in the area.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, there was a ‘sigh of relief’ among residents, as Christchurch Police, who have been following the case since 2004, made a formal arrest.
Despite their best attempts, it has proved to be almost impossible to gain evidence of the middle aged woman’s dangerous antics and many have even stayed awake throughout the night to catch her in the act, to no avail.
For the proprietor of Winkton Auto Garage, it has been a benefit for business, claiming ‘one week we had about fifty cars bought in, all needing new tyres.’ He almost became embarrassed at the amount of cars bought to the garage and was concerned that ‘people may think that I’m the culprit of all this, due to the amount of trade that I’ve gained.’
The woman, who has been arrested after police performed an overnight watch on the house to finally gain sufficient evidence, spends most of her time alone. She rarely interacts with other residents of the village and on the occasion that she does, it is said that her only topic of conversation is the danger of the road.
It is not yet certain that she will face a prosecution, but police and residents wait in hope that her daily activity grinds to a halt. Close neighbour Mrs Seddington-Ford, 49, says ‘I have grown tired of collecting jars full of nails and having my car tyres continuingly replaced…it simply must stop!’
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