Lorretta Cole says she was trying to teach her neighbou’s children a lesson after she claims the ball repeatedly landed on her property and even damaged her car.
The 47-year-old retrieved the £3.99 ball from land in front of her home in Baddesley Close, North Baddesley, Hampshire, and refused to give it back when asked by the father of the children.
Mrs Cole was then visited on three occasions by police who attempted to persuade her to return the ball.
But after being warned that she faced being arrested for theft, the police arranged a date for her to be interviewed and arrested at a police station.
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