A man was imprisoned this week after phoning police investigating his crime to tell them their appeal for witnesses, published in a local paper, was wrong.

The appeal, released the day after the incident took place (in Northampton, England), said a man had approached an angler, grabbed him by the neck and demanded his fishing kit. However, as far as the attacker was concerned, this was all wrong, and he phoned the police to tell them so, claiming he had been acting in self defense and had not approached the angler at all.

The attacker was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for affray and other charges.

Metro