The officer caught the young men trying to sell a stolen phone but it is the arrest video police posted on Facebook that has grabbed social media users’ attention.
A Scottish cop has been mocked for his hilarious ‘Rab C Nesbitt’-style attempt at reading two robbers their rights.
The officer, who has not been named, caught Damaris McBeth and Rhys Antwi, both 21, red-handed as they tried to sell a stolen phone.
The pair followed a 17-year-old boy into flats in Northampton on April 19, 2023 before stealing his iPhone at knifepoint.
They fled the scene but were seen shortly afterwards at an electronics’ store in Abington Street trying to sell the phone. Police were alerted and an officer rushed to the shop.
Bodycam captured the moment he entered and asked the shopkeeper if two men had been trying to sell a phone.
The situation quickly escalated when the cop realised the robbers were standing in front of him.
The officer screamed at one of them “Stand over there!” but as the suspect started to walk, the cop shouted “Do not move!”
Footage shows the cop take out a Taser and bellow “Do not move! Move away now, move back.”
If the robbers were not confused before, they are soon when the officer begins to read out the police caution.
He begins: “You’re under arrest on suspicion of robbery.”
The cop then quickly stumbles through the remainder of the caution before shouting: “You understand!”
Remarkably, the suspect replies: “Yes.”
Both men are then arrested and are found to be in possession of drugs including crack cocaine and heroin.
McBeth and Antwi, both of Lambeth in London, were charged with robbery and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
They both pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court and were jailed for five years and three months each.
Northamptonshire Police posted the video of the arrest on Facebook, which has been mocked mercilessly by social media users.
One wrote: “Okay, you’re under arrest on suspicion of robby don’t say anything yhowsettswahurhennerskewehersegsekkehbe DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!”
Another said: “Sounds like he swallowed his bagpipes before nicking them! Could do with subtitles for his next arrest.”
One user quipped: “Have Northants Police hired PC Rab Nesbitt as their newest community beat officer?”
Another user said: “Move over there! Don’t move! Move! Don’t move! Taser!”
Meanwhile another user said: “I was just waiting for him to end his arrest with ‘See you Jimmy!’”
Detective Constable James Oxford said: “I am pleased with these sentences as it demonstrates the consequences of thinking you can steal people’s hard-earned possessions in Northamptonshire and get away with it.”
