iPad owner turns detective as police tells her to knock on thief's door

  

Sara Gration 37, holding the empty box of her former iPad at her home in Derby

A single mum of two, Sara Gration 37, turned detective in a bid to track down the home of an iPad thief as the police asked her to knock on the thief's door. "There's no one free... could you knock on the door?" Said the police.

She had rang the police to alert them in the hope that the thief could be caught, but was told that police did not have anyone who could go help.

It was then suggested to her that the best way to catch the thief was to turn sleuth herself and follow the tracker which lead her to an address.

  

But as she sat outside the suspect's house she became "absolutely petrified" after realising the danger she had been put in, and as such decided to flee the scene slamming the police for putting her in peril. The police have now admitted it was a mistake asking her to do their job.

  

Sara Gration was told to turn detective herself

Sarah said: "I couldn't believe it, I was asked to turn detective myself and was sent to a house where I could have been put in danger."

The bizarre situation came about after Sara's car was broken into outside her home in Derby overnight Thursday into Friday.

She was alerted to the theft by a neighbour and went to her car, which was parked outside her home to see items had been stolen.

Among them was a gold iPad Air which was in a bag in the boot.

She reported the incident to the police who told her they would not be able to send an officer out and instead asked her to ask locally if anyone had any CCTV.

Then, at around 1.30pm on Friday, she received an email to her iPhone alerting her to the fact that someone had switched on the stolen iPad at a house in another part of Derby.

The self-employed bookkeeper, said: "I immediately called to notify police. I then got a call back five minutes later from them telling me to go to the location, see if my iPad was there and knock on doors in the area.

"I wanted my items back so I went and was petrified. No-one was in at the house. I called police back after I went and explained but no I received no apology.

"Derbyshire Police had the chance to recover stolen items and potentially catch a thief but sent me instead. By not following up on such a strong lead, it has probably ruined any chance of conviction."

Sara, who has daughters Isabella, nine, and Tamsin, seven, added: "I appreciate that having your car broken into isn't exactly crime of the century and that it isn't a priority for them.

* This is typical of the Nigeria Police Force *