Two pensioners who were pursued by a pair of undercover dog wardens say they have been left traumatised by the encounter. The two men wearing grey hoodies followed the pensioners across a field, out of a park, to a cafe and even laid in wait outside the women's toilets.
The men showed the pensioners ID, which the elderly couple say could have been knocked up on a home computer, before demanding their personal details and threatening to call police. The men said they would only leave the pensioners alone if they gave them their names and addresses.
Judy Latimer and Paul Southcombe, both in their 70s, had been walking their dogs one morning last week when they were approached by two men. Paul said they looked more like 'a couple of guys on their way to a football match rather than council employees'