LEAFLET DESERVES POLICE CAUTION

Leicester Mercury - 09 July 2004

Coming downstairs from resting after working on a night shift I could see a note pushed through my door.

It appeared to be handwritten in felt tip pen on a folded piece of paper. It said: "Don't call the police!"

For a few moments I thought I'd received some kind of threatening letter.

In fact, it was a leaflet - made to look like what I have described above - on behalf of the Leicester South Conservative candidate Chris Heaton-Harris.

It was critical of how the police are too bogged down with paperwork and aren't out on the beat enough catching criminals.

Perhaps the police could start by cautioning Mr Heaton-Harris about distributing election literature that certainly fooled me for a few moments, and could, surely, frighten others, especially pensioners that receive it.

Kevin Hewick, Leicester.