Hapless husband left wife's £1,700 on car roof and drove off... then told police he had been mugged

A desperate husband reported a fictional 'mugging' to police in a bid to avoid the blame for losing more than £1,700 of his wife’s money.

Alex Jones had been helping his wife out with her work as a cash collector, but then left the money in a bag on top of his car.

Desperate to cover up his mistake - and save his wife's job - Jones dashed into a post office and told staff he had been robbed in the street.

He even went on to give police a detailed description of the mugger, but his story quickly unravelled when officers found no sign of the mystery attacker on CCTV.      Full Read