Police Liaison Update July 2024
Sibbertoft Parish Council – PLR update July 2024 – Councillor James Allen
Suspicious vehicle and activity in Sibbertoft
In the very early hours of Wednesday 3 July at 00:28 (i.e. Tuesday night), a car entered Sibbertoft from the Husbands Bosworth direction and stopped in the road just past the rear gates of Westhorpe House. The car lights were switched off and a passenger ran from the car to the rear gates of Westhorpe House and shone a torch over the gates. After a few seconds, the passenger ran back to the car which then continued down Welford Road before turning left into Westhorpe. The car stopped at some point along Westhorpe because the same passenger was recorded on another camera system walking up the far end of Westhorpe in the middle of the road; a few seconds later he returned past that camera. The car then departed Westhorpe just before 00:31, turning left onto Welford Road in the direction of the village.
The activity was reported to the police on 999 on the basis it could be a crime in progress.
Given the activity was undertaken quickly (under three minutes from start to finish, taking in the whole of Westhorpe), this may have been a scoping exercise.
I will be making contact with the rural policing team to understand any plans for including Sibbertoft in routine patrols.
Northants Police offers the following advice for protecting your home:
https://www.northants.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/
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