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| Photo courtesy: Pam Smith |
There are probably many things we wish to do before we kick the bucket but one lady had such a strange request that it was so difficult to turn her down.
Josie Birds is 93 years old and her health has been failing as of late, but before she goes from this world, there was one thing she wanted to cross off her bucket list: to get arrested just once. For all her life, she hasn't committed any crime worthy to be incarcerated and the sweet grandmother must have wanted to feel what it was like to be arrested and stay in prison.
Her granddaughter, Pam Smith, saw how her grandmother really longed to have that kind of experience and she wrote to the Greater Manchester police and requested them to arrest and detain her grandmother. And in response to this letter, the police granted Gran Josie's request. Smith thanked the police for helping her fulfill her grandmother's dying wish.
Smith said that Greater Manchester police had “made an old lady very happy” by arresting her grandmother, adding: “She is quite poorly and wanted to do something like this while she still has the strength to enjoy it. She’s been good all her life (she says....) and wanted to have an experience to remember! She’s a star.”Rest assured, while the fulfillment of the request was taking place, the GM Police didn't neglect any of their duties and continued to do their job in protecting the community. In a statement, Chief Inspector Denise Pye said that officers were still making sure that the community was safe.
On the other hand, apparently, this was not the first time that such an odd request had been given and occurred. There was another centenarian, Anne Brokenbrow, 104, who wanted to be arrested which was also obliged.
-via Twisted Sifter
By Jeremiah
