Police are on the look out for a knife wielding rabbit in the English village of King's Somborne. On four occasions somebody, or something, has cut through the netting protecting Frank Fahy's broccoli patch, each time stealing a single head of the health-promoting green vegetable. Seventy-one year old Mr Fahy reported the thefts to the parish council and local police officer, Martin Benton, said the crime should be taken very seriously.

Quite so, as Mr Fahy said, each head is "worth about 50p. It is a bit distressing. My wife and I like to eat our broccoli. I have now put up a notice saying I have reported the thefts to the police."

David Bidwell, Chairman of the Parish Council, commented, "It sounds trivial, but Frank has been the victim of theft. It is very disappointing to grow something on an allotment and have it taken away. At first he thought it might be a natural occurrence - maybe a rabbit. But on closer inspection, it was clear a knife had been used. And rabbits don't carry knives."

Well, we don't think they carry knives, but nobody knows that for sure. That's the fundamental error in the plan so far, rabbits probably can't read either, so they are unlikely to take notice of Mr Fahy's warning sign.

Daily Mail