Turn Our Street Lights On and Keep Us Safe ; 'Criminals Like the Dark Because No One Can See What They're Up To'

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A WARMLEY resident has called for a street light in her cul-de- sac to be turned back on at night because of fears that the darkness will trigger a spate of crime.

Mary Milton, a 62-year-old home care worker who lives in Gregory Court off Craven Way, was woken up during the early hours of Christmas Eve after vandals smashed the windscreen of her car parked outside. She said: "The police have said that crime has gone down since street lights have been turned off at night but that's rubbish.

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Turn Our Street Lights On and Keep Us Safe ; 'Criminals Like the Dark Because No One Can See What They're Up To'

"Criminals like the dark because no one can see what they're up to." The Evening Post revealed last month that police believe crime has gon...

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