Ram raiders are on tractor ruin

The Diary is astounded by the sheer audacity of criminals and petty thieves, with crafty crooks now turning to tractors for the purposes of ram raiding.

Spar stores in rural parts of Strathclyde are the latest victims of this new craze. Having taken whatever takes their fancy (usually cigarettes), they then ditch the stolen vehicles at the scene of the crime.

But it is hard to grasp the logic of using something which, even in a rural district, sticks out like a sore thumb on the high street.

And let’s face it, a tractor is not exactly the fastest thing on wheels for the getaway.