{"id":142566,"date":"2021-10-24T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=142566"},"modified":"2021-10-24T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T12:00:06","slug":"fisherman-fumes-as-cops-smash-van-after-tackle-stench-sparks-dead-body-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/fisherman-fumes-as-cops-smash-van-after-tackle-stench-sparks-dead-body-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisherman fumes as cops ‘smash van’ after tackle stench sparks dead body fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fuming fisherman says police "smashed" his van to gain access after fearing flies and the foul stench of his tackle could be a dead body.<\/p>\n

James Exley says he went fishing before going away with his family, but in the rush to get ready, left his gear and a tub of maggots in his work van.<\/p>\n

The van had been parked outside his mother-in-law\u2019s house in Barnsley, South Yorks, which is where he had been keeping the vehicle regularly.<\/p>\n

But he got a shock when he returned to the vehicle to find a window had been broken and a door forced open – by police.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was proper mad,\u201d James told the Daily Star.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, 'Why didn't you knock on the door so someone could open it for you, save you smashing it up?' <\/p>\n

"I said, 'Why not try to find the owner first instead of doing all that damage?' The van's obviously registered to my address.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said because there were flies in front of the van they thought there was a dead body in the back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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