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Egg-thrower sought by police

9:36am Thursday 4th March 2010 in


AN EGG-THROWER is being sought by police after throwing the object at a woman in the street.

The culprit was in a moving blue Ford Focus in Elm Road, Leigh, when they threw the egg out of the window and it hit a 30-year-old woman on the back.

Police are investigating the attack which happpened outside Richardson's bike shop at 11.10pm on February 20.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at Southend on 0300 333 4444.

Comments(6)

Horace Wimpole says...
10:43am Thu 4 Mar 10

Why are the police so interested in something as minor as this?

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bubbleandsqueak says...
10:51am Thu 4 Mar 10

Horace Wimpole - It's because they dont have a choice, anything that gets reported has to be investigated sadly!

Was it really necessary for the woman to involve the police in something thats never going to get solved? It's an egg for petes sake...

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R85 says...
11:35am Thu 4 Mar 10

Why did this make the news? Isn’t this a daily occurrence? New drivers who are still 17 love to do this! Seen it so many times!

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Horace Wimpole says...
11:56am Thu 4 Mar 10

Peculiar; over the years I've reported a few things that the police have never followed up on:

- Car accidents where one driver left the scene (3)

- Breaking and entering (twice)

- A fight between two men in the street with a child involved

Good to hear they now investigate *everything*...

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NOTORIOUS says...
5:43pm Thu 4 Mar 10

cudve been worse - at least it wernt hard-boiled and knocked her out lol

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Tiger Rider says...
7:26am Fri 5 Mar 10

Horace Wimpole wrote:
Why are the police so interested in something as minor as this?
I am glad the police are looking into this, as it is not a one off incident. It has been going on for at least 6 months on a regular basis. An egg thrown from a moving car will hurt and it will leave a bruise, not to mention possibly ruining clothing especially suede. Car windscreens (whilst the car is in motion) have also been targets which is particularly dangerous as it will temporarily obscure the drivers vision. This is not a trivial matter as people are getting very angry.

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