Aren't our police just wonderful?

The police were called after a neighbour reported seeing a man climbing into an opened window at a house in Hartlepool.

But a search of the house turned up nothing unusual, and the owner climbed into his bed for the night after being assured there was no threat.

But a few minutes later, he was disturbed by a rustling noise underneath his bed. Switching on the light, he was rather surprised to find the burglar crawling out from under the bed. He pinned him down and the police returned to arrest him.

If the police can't even find a burglar hiding under the bed, perhaps this explains why it took them so long to pin down Raoul Moat?