Archaeology Company robbed + positive attitudes = awesome story

"Archaeologists channel spirit of Rastamouse as robber returns iPad to police in Liverpool"

My eye was caught by the above stunning headline while browsing Facebook, and the story itself is a wonderful one. My sources are here, and here and a little extra digging thanks to Big Heritage's Facebook page:

1. In Anfield, Big Heritage's vehicle was broken into, with the theft of genuine Roman pottery, replica artifacts, and an iPad
2. Valuable items were left... because they were under a replica bog body...
   "They had lifted a lid and they must have ran off. The image of the bog body would give whoever saw it nightmares because it looks like a dead person.There was a head there too. Whoever broke in must have thought that they had found part of Dexter's kill list."
   
3. Archaeology company Big Heritage put out an appeal:
   "If you were the person who robbed the stuff from our car, we reckon life must be pretty crap for you. Robbing stuff is a short term fix....but learning stuff is a real way out. So here's a deal.
   
   Return what you can to us, and come work for us for two weeks as an archaeologist, and understand the importance of the history of where you live, the skills we use to learn about the past and the way to get from the crap circumstances you are in to a better place. We'll cover your travel costs and you can keep the iPad if you want. We'll support you to find a training/education provider and you'll understand why a few crap bits of pottery from the bag you half-inched are worth more than 10 iPads. Serious, genuine offer....and by the way, the body you found in the boot is a replica bog body (see the pic!), so you can sleep a bit better tonight!"  
   
   
4. Stolen iPad is handed in at local police station.
5. The company is now hoping to trace the returner and offer them the work experience.
6. Dean Paton, Managing Director of Big Heritage, comments on their Facebook page that "yep, in the words of Rasta Mouse, we've turned a bad thing good!"
   
7. Rasta Mouse has now bigged up Big Heritage on Twitter.

This is possibly my favourite news story for some time, because it just gets better and better: Thief has the poo scared out of them (amusing) Victims have positive approach to forgiveness and rehabilitation, couched in great terms (heartwarming) National press picks up on it (yay, good use of media!) Thieves hand item in and may be traceable (wow, it worked?...) Victim quotes animated character, who in turn takes an interest (surreal, and amusing)

No idea who Rasta Mouse is? A crime solving mouse who believes in
"solving problems through mutual understanding, love and respect, and without resorting to punishment. Rastamouse's ethos is redemption and not retribution — "make a bad ting good" — helping wrong-doers to redeem themselves from their mistakes." Here he is tracking down some stolen art:

Images from Big Heritage