An antiques collector was left horrified after he was woken up by police at his door who asked whether they can see inside a baby's coffin that he had in his home.
John Long, 68, is a self-confessed horror lover and has a huge array of quirky and unique things in his Killingworth home that he's bought over the years. However, on Thursday morning he was mortified when officers turned up at his door after someone reported the fact he had a baby's coffin in his home to the police.
He had to take the officers upstairs to his bedroom and open the coffin to prove there was nothing untoward inside describing the situation as "totally embarrassing". John said he was told by his neighbours that the police came to his house the day before and said he had a full day of "stress" as he wondered what they wanted.
