Repentant pub burglar sends owner £100 - 22 years on
A burglar who broke into a pub 22 years ago has confessed to the crime in an apologetic note to its current owners - and reimbursed them with £100 for the damage caused by the crime.
Pub gets apology letter - 22 years after burglary
When a pub was burgled and a cigarette machine smashed-up in Cheshire in 1992, you might not expect it to be making headlines 22 years later.
But now the owners of the Swettenham Arms near Congleton have just received a letter and a cheque by way of an apology.
Here's Tim Scott's report:
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