the press is full of punsters

Police solve "Grey Train Robbery"

Two elderly women whose pictures were plastered across newspapers Thursday after they were caught on camera stealing a bag at a railway station have turned themselves in.

Police said the women admitted the offence and have received an official caution in a case variously dubbed the "Grey Train Robbery" and "Gran Larceny."

The women contacted police after the case received blanket media coverage under headlines such as "Nans on the Run" and "Artful Codgers."

All this is very funny, I admit...but I find it strange, at best, that those involved (the news media and police) spent so much time on such a case. I mean, really: how many muggings and assaults went unremarked or uninvestigated because of this?