Mug Shot: Suspect Sends Own Pic To Police.

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Mug Shot: Suspect Sends Own Pic To Police

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A snapshot of Matthew Maynard first appeared in a newspaper at the weekend, among a group of others police want to track down.


After seeing the snap, he called the South Wales Evening Post, "saying he was not happy with the picture and that he would send in another", said a spokesman for the paper.


Maynard then used his mobile phone to provide a new image - cheekily showing him standing in front of a police van - which the paper subsequently published.


The 23-year-old is wanted in connection with a burglary in the Mount Pleasant area of Swansea, south Wales, in September.


One police officer said: "He's a berk. Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now.


"He thinks he is being clever by showing off like this, but we'll have him in soon."


In a major police operation this week, police made 81 arrests for crimes including burglaries, assault and fraud.


Four of the eight suspects featured in the mugshots at the weekend were among those arrested.

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As a wanted man, you might expect Matthew Maynard to be somewhat camera shy.

But when his local paper published a mugshot of the 23-year-old in an attempt to track him down, he decided it didn't show his best side.

So he provided a replacement. And if that wasn't cheeky enough, he posed for the new photograph standing next to a police van.

Maynard is being hunted by police investigating a house burglary. Detectives sent the mugshot to local media in Swansea as part of a public appeal.

When the picture appeared in the South Wales Evening Post, Maynard sent the paper a replacement photo of himself standing in front of a police van wearing luminous leggings and a policeman-like black jacket - which was then printed on the front page.

Yesterday officers at South Wales Police thanked him for helping their campaign.

One said: 'He is a berk. He thinks he is being clever by showing off like this - but we'll have him in soon now.

Maynard was not happy with the mugshot published the week before in the South Wales Evening Post, so he sent in a new one which the newspaper put on its front page and asked readers to help track him down

'Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now. What an idiot!'

South Wales Police issued the original mugshot as part of a major swoop which saw 81 arrests in 48 hours for crimes including robbery, burglary, assault, possession of drugs and fraud.

Four of the suspects were picked up within hours - but Maynard is one of four still on the run and is wanted for a house raid in Mount Pleasant, Swansea.

Acting Chief Inspector Nigel Whitehouse, who led the operation, said: 'We hope that now many more people will know what he looks like and give us information which can lead to his arrest.

'But if he has any sense at all then he should just give himself up to us.'

Spencer Feeney, editor of the South Wales Evening Post, said yesterday: 'We believed we were carrying out a public service by using his picture first time and even more so by using his new one on our front page.'

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