And so to the truth of the matter (how Sheila communicated with police)?

[mike tesko]

Information has been received to suggest how during a one hour period, Sheila communicated with police at the scene by her mimicking A barking, whining dog, which served to confuse the firearms officers into not being able to pinpoint her position inside the farmhouse, due to the family pet dog also barking and reacting to Sheila`s antics? These diversionary tactics served to keep police at bay, until WPC Jeapes spotted the rifle which Sheila lolled against the bedroom window...

[vidvic]

will the last person reading this forum please turn out the lights.......

[grahameb]

Information has been received to suggest how during a one hour period, Sheila communicated with police at the scene by her mimicking A barking, whining dog, which served to confuse the firearms officers into not being able to pinpoint her position inside the farmhouse, due to the family pet dog also barking and reacting to Sheila`s antics? These diversionary tactics served to keep police at bay, until WPC Jeapes spotted the rifle which Sheila lolled against the bedroom window...

Well I suppose that's one way of getting round the barking dog issue.

[Buddy]

Well I suppose that's one way of getting round the barking dog issue.

Someones barking!

[andrea]

Information has been received to suggest how during a one hour period, Sheila communicated with police at the scene by her mimicking A barking, whining dog, which served to confuse the firearms officers into not being able to pinpoint her position inside the farmhouse, due to the family pet dog also barking and reacting to Sheila`s antics? These diversionary tactics served to keep police at bay, until WPC Jeapes spotted the rifle which Sheila lolled against the bedroom window...

MIKE YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING? GIVE ME STRENGTH.

[Hartley]

To be fair, this is just about as reasonable as some of the other mad cap theories presented, actually more so than some. 
(In my opinion).

[andrea]

Dont know about me Mike,but i think you need carting off!!

If you look out of the window there should be a van with square wheels waiting for you 

[andrea]

im off to work, have fun!!!

[Chochokeira]

Hartley...'Formerly iNumpty'


 

[mike tesko]

Well, that is the information I have received, and it was as a result of Sheila adopting these tactics that she was able to keep the wolf from the door so to speak. The firearms team had never come up against such a diversionary tactic before, and they did not know what to do for the best?

It was evident that by the time Sheila rested the rifle against the bedroom window at about 7.15am, the polIce were completely and utterly convinced that she was quite literally 'barking mad and off her head`...

More significantly...

she was known to be in possession of a loaded gun...

[Hartley]

Hartley...'Formerly iNumpty'


 

  If I can't take the pish out of my self then it's not really on if others do. 

[Chochokeira]

If I can't take the pish out of my self then it's not really on if others do. 

It's the 'formerly' I'm questioning 

[Hartley]

It's the 'formerly' I'm questioning 

Aaaah I see, 'currently' would perhaps be more appropriate I'm guessing. 

[Roch]

There's going to be some backwash for this 'elsewhere' 

[Hartley]

There's going to be some backwash for this 'elsewhere' 

You've lost me a bit there Rochy.