Friday 9 July 2010

Hey, I Think I Know Why They Haven't Caught Raoul Moat...

...and it's all thanks to previously unimpressive top cop Sue Sim:
Mrs Sim added that Northumbria was "extremely difficult to search" because of its varied landscape, including caves, ravines, dense woodland and deep water.
Say what..?

Look, I know Raoul is current 2010 Hide and Seek Champion, love, but unless he's very, very good at holding his breath, you aren't going to find him in the depths of the la...

Oh. Wait. There's something about that picture of him that's ringing vague bells:



Could it be..? Is Raoul actually...

12 comments:

Joe Public said...

I believe she's a candidate for "Public Speaker of the Year"

Her hairdresser by the way, failed her apprenticeship.

Quiet_Man said...

They may have caught up with him near Rothbury according to breaking news. No indication of whether he's underwater though.

Ross said...

At this stage it wouldn't surprise me if he turned up in the plod station disguised as a pot plant.

MTG said...

His gun reportedly held to his neck, Mr Moat's life is now all but over. It is the very first time I wished a fugitive could simply disappear.

A long period of oppression is taking effect and it is sad to contemplate more are destined to become tragically anti authority.

Ross said...

At this stage it wouldn't surprise me if he turned up in the plod station disguised as a pot plant.

Oldrightie said...

Bin Laden is selling courses?

Laban said...

Maybe he is Grendel.

microdave said...

"Her hairdresser by the way, failed her apprenticeship."

You mean she PAID to look like that???

The last I heard he was holed up under a bridge on the outskirts of Rothbury. Sky news had some pictures of a police team obviously very close, as one of them had a Taser pointing at him.

Anonymous said...

Remember 'The Woodentops' (guest humour from spot the dog}? Ms.Sim seems to come from the same manufacturer. Moat has now cornered himself with his own sawn-off shotgun. The Plod are said to be within 20 feet of him. Surely this cannot be true as Ms. Sim's arms must stretch that far and she could disarm him.
They are now delivering food and water to him and perhaps are delivering readings of 9 year olds poetry describing him as a nutter to weaken his spirit? I have visions of this taking place under water. Ms.Sim clearly cannot be wrong and can detect vegetables under piles of mattresses unaided by modern technology. For she is surely Prince Charles in a wig to hide his trade mark ears.

subrosa said...

The BBC are saying he's deid. Well that's another blow for the police. How they'd have loved to have taken him alive.

subrosa said...

Ooops. I should have left a translation of deid. It is Scots for dead and not a typo. :)

JuliaM said...

"I believe she's a candidate for "Public Speaker of the Year""

If the manhunt had gone on a bit longer, I was planning to put up a YouTube excerpt of Tommy Lee Jones starting off the hunt in 'The Fugitive' and comparing it to her... :)

"At this stage it wouldn't surprise me if he turned up in the plod station disguised as a pot plant."

Not too far from that, it seems...

"Maybe he is Grendel."

:D

"Sky news had some pictures of a police team obviously very close, as one of them had a Taser pointing at him."

Warface man?

My new hero! Move over, Gene Hunt.. :D

"Remember 'The Woodentops' (guest humour from spot the dog}?"

Sadly, yes!

"Ooops. I should have left a translation of deid. It is Scots for dead and not a typo. :)"

Heh! Yes, I got that.