Vintage photo of Ex-detective Rodney Whitchelo

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The police investigation into the campaign, codenamed Operation Hornbill, was one of the most secretive ever undertaken by Dorset Police [1] and one of the largest in British policing history. [3] After receiving the second letter, which had been damaged by fire, police made enquiries with the Royal Mail and discovered that a fire had been reported in a postbox on Bradpole Road, Bournemouth, leading to speculation that "Sally"—the alias by which all the letters were signed—had changed his mind and attempted to destroy the letter. They received a third letter on 29 August 2000, in which "Sally" claimed to have prepared letter bombs to send to Tesco's customers. [1] I used to be a Park Ranger with the Los Angeles Police Department. Once I rolled up on a homeless guy with a pipe to his lips inside a park’s fenced-in daycare area. It was after hours and he had broken the gate to enter. In his possession were tools, and a half trash bag full of Mary Jane. He laughed with a big smile on his face. I might add he was wearing dress shoes the entire time. Truly a lesson I never forget.” Pearce had difficulties with his mother, said Mrs Radford, and when his ex-wife became seriously ill, he had not been able to cope. 'He does have a great deal of difficulty in coming to terms with people who are ill,' said Mrs Radford. He had also misunderstood his own diagnosis and had understood that he had only two years to live. Judge Warby said Wright's actions were "repulsive" and involved sending "bloodcurdling" letters and added that rather than plead guilty he had put forward an "absurd and untenable" defence which fell apart under scrutiny.

He would buy jars of baby food and spike them before returning themto the shelves. Horrified detectives discovered one jar of Heinzcauliflower baby food contained enough poison to kill 27 children.Whitchelo was finally caught after a nationwide police investigationcosting pounds 3 million in which more than 200 officers watchedcashpoints throughout Britain. He had managed to net just pounds 32,000. what’s known as “consumer terrorism” where dangerous substances are introduced to food or other consumer products, that put people’s health at risk. Sometimes done just for fun, and sometimes with criminal intent or even extortion, in extreme cases threats of chemical agents and neurotoxins have been used.

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Pearce, who had pleaded guilty last week, started his professional life with great ambitions, said Mrs Radford. He had embarked on a career in advertising and advanced upwards via a series of job changes. He had then run a restaurant, which had initially been successful, but had fallen foul of the economic climate. He had then moved into home renovations.

But such behaviours are not just limited to teenagers, nor has product tampering just come about during this pandemic. Indeed, people have long been tampering with products and food. The question is why? Product tamperingThe threats were taken so seriously by Tesco that the company manufactured 100,000 special reward cards to be used in cash machines. I detained him without conflict, but he failed to have any form of ID or provide his name. Our unit rolled him to the nearest station to have him processed.