One Cheeky Burglar
“As a wanted man, you might expect Matthew Maynard to be somewhat camera shy. But when his local paper published a mugshot of the 23-year-old in an attempt to track him down, he decided it didn’t show his best side. So he provided a replacement. And if that wasn’t cheeky enough, he posed for the new photograph standing next to a police van. Maynard is being hunted by police investigating a house burglary. Detectives sent the mugshot to local media in Swansea as part of a public appeal. When the picture appeared in the South Wales Evening Post, Maynard sent the paper a replacement photo of himself standing in front of a police van wearing luminous leggings and a policeman-like black jacket – which was then printed on the front page. Yesterday officers at South Wales Police thanked him for helping their campaign. One said: ‘He is a berk. He thinks he is being clever by showing off like this – but we’ll have him in soon now.” w/ photos
