was so traumatised by events that he could only cope with his remorse by, a few days later, setting out to rob a Norfolk supermarket. His callousness was only exceeded by his incompetence, and he was soon arrested. Again. He was eventually sentenced for both crimes, and is serving a couple of fairly comfortable years at taxpayers' expense. He will no doubt return to his home village and be greeted by a balloon and ticker-tape welcome provided for by his admirers. The Butcher family, meanwhile, are left to try to get on with their lives, haunted by the ghost of Jamie and what a wonderful life he might have had.
In simple terms, crime in Wisbech is double that of King's Lynn. This spreadsheet, taken and analysed from official police data by the redoubtable Brian Parkinson, shows how bad things are. Lynn is, anecdotally, regarded as one of the roughest, toughest places in East Anglia, and yet per head of population, we get double their crime, as the spreadsheet shows.
No doubt Inspector Sissons will assure us that all is well, and his brave team of crime fighters is working tirelessly on our behalf to make Wisbech a safer and more compassionate place to live. WHAT DO YOU THINK…?
