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About 10 years ago my eldest son had his new Specialized Hot rock 24" wheel mountain bike pinched from outside the paper shop in the town where we live in leicestershire, I spent 2 evenings around the parks & where the local kids hang out to no avail. 3 days later I was looking in the local paper & in the classifieds was a Specialized Hotrock, I contacted the seller who admitted he had only had the bike a couple of days and claimed he had bought it for his brother from a car boot sale the other side of Leicestershire, I arranged to view it & informed the police who said they could do nothing without proof it was our bike.
I went to the guys house in a rough part of Leicester and sure enough it was my sons bike, I assured the guy I was very interested and just needed to check that my son wanted it. I went straight to the police but they refused to help as they were too busy ffs. I rang the seller back & arranged to go back at 6pm the next day, 5pm the next day I went back to the police & they reluctantly agreed to go & see the seller. The police did recover the bike & admitted they knew the seller. He even asked for a reward for returning the bike to its rightful owner!