Police defend decision to demolish town centre snowball
Police defended criticism of officers who destroyed a giant snowball in Northampton town centre.
The officers came under fire for breaking up the snowball with spades in Northampton, which was blanketed by heavy snow yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Police said the officers were two special constables who were on duty because they could not get to their day jobs.
She said: "They came across the giant snowball that had been left in the carriageway.
"It was causing an obstruction to a road and it was because of that reason that they destroyed it.
"It had to be moved out of the way to allow traffic to move."
But 24-year-old Ben Elijah, on Northampton, said it was harmless fun.
He said: "The police stamped on it for no good reason.
"It just seemed like petty officiousness, as though his uniform gave him an opportunity to have a power trip."
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Saturday 26 May 2012
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