12-year-old boy caught by police in Lancaster as he skipped school
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The 12-year-old, who was wearing his school uniform, was spotted by officers at Lancaster train station on Tuesday at a time when he should have been in class.
Police said the boy ‘tried spinning police a story’ when questioned but was eventually returned to his school in Heysham.
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A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “A 12-year-old boy in school uniform, at a time when he should have been in class, was spotted by one of our patrolling officers at Lancaster.
“Although the lad tried to spin us a story, we returned him to school in Heysham, and submitted a safeguarding report for follow up.”