Police arrest '˜lawyer' on suspicion of burglary

Details of the arrest were posted on the PSNI Banbridge Facebook page.

According to the post, the suspect told officers: “I’m a lawyer. This is my house, I’m just clearing out my shed, and you may get out of my garden if you don’t have a warrant.”

However, it added: “That would be all well and good, if he was a lawyer...or if it was his house...or if it wasn’t 5:30am...or if we needed a warrant...

“That was the situation that greeted E section in the early hours of this morning in Limewood.

“One straight into custody for burglary and attempted burglary.”

Thanking the “alert neighbours” who called police about the break-in, the post concluded: “It doesn’t come much easier than that! Keep the calls coming, and we’ll keep slapping the cuffs on.”