No police for cop car yobs

AN overstretched police force was too busy to defend its own cars when yobs vandalised them.

Two men were seen slashing tyres on four vehicles at a Hampshire Constabulary base.

The force said it did not deploy any units as they were at other incidents. No arrests have been made.

And it admitted this week it had to draft in 15 National Crime Agency officers in the hunt for the killer of Lucy McHugh, 13, stabbed in Southampton.