Ex-police chief says he didn't report wife's stolen credit card... as thief spent less than her
by Nicholas Cecil
Mar 20, 2024
3 minutes
A former police chief did not report his wife's credit card being stolen in London because the thief spent less than her, Parliament was told.
With a deadpan delivery, Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate left fellow peers in the Upper Chamber unsure whether he was joking or not as he recalled the incident.
The non-affiliated peer said: "My wife, on one of her rare visits to London, had her credit card stolen.
"And I monitored the use of the
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