7:19pm Friday 12th March 2010
THE ambition and cheek of thieves who attempted to steal copper wire from beneath Botley Road certainly exceeds their abilities.
Despite donning clothes to appear like workmen and coning off a bus lane, they then managed to bungle the enterprise – cutting off 2,800 connections.
Metal theft has plagued the county for some time but it is getting ridiculous if crooks are virtually going underground to swipe telephone cable.
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