Fugitive gives own mug shot to newspaper

[Guchi_Jnr]

Fugitive gives own mug shot to newspaper

A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mug shot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.
South Wales police had issued media with the photo of Matthew Maynard, wanted by officers investigating a house burglary, as part of a crackdown on crime in Swansea.

When it appeared in the South Wales Evening Post, the 23-year-old sent the newspaper a replacement photo of himself standing in front of a police van.



They obligingly printed it on the front page.

The police thanked him for helping them in their appeal, saying: "Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/08/2736329.htm

If only he was as smart as he was vain..

[kuro808]

well i guess he wanted to be caught and if they makehim look bad in the light then its all his fault for doing it in the first place

[shurastriker]

Hey, personal marketing and protecting your personal image is serious business nowadays

[redux]

That is truly amazing...I don't know whether I love or hate him.