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Kidnap bumper sticker sparks Leeds police investigation Kidnap tailboard sticker sparks Leeds police investigation
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A man has been warned by police after driving around Leeds with a bumper sticker depicting a bound and hooded woman. A man has been warned by police after driving around Leeds with a tailboard sticker depicting a bound and hooded woman.
The sticker creates the impression that a woman has been tied up and is lying in the back of the pick-up. The image creates the impression a woman has been tied up and is lying in the back of the pick-up.
West Yorkshire Police warned James Hellewell that the sticker could be considered a public order offence. West Yorkshire Police warned James Hellewell the picture could be considered a public order offence.
He agreed to remove it, apologising on Twitter "for any offence", adding that it had been "truly a joke".He agreed to remove it, apologising on Twitter "for any offence", adding that it had been "truly a joke".
Ch Insp Steve Palmer said the police had been alerted to the truck by a concerned member of the public who saw it drive past in Leeds city centre. Ch Insp Steve Palmer said the police had been alerted to the truck by a concerned member of the public who saw it in Leeds city centre.
He said: "These concerns were also raised on social media, which prompted a number of similar complaints to West Yorkshire Police.He said: "These concerns were also raised on social media, which prompted a number of similar complaints to West Yorkshire Police.
"It was clear that a number of people had found the image offensive and had been alarmed and distressed by it being displayed in public."It was clear that a number of people had found the image offensive and had been alarmed and distressed by it being displayed in public.
"The registered keeper of the vehicle was traced and spoken to by officers and made aware of the concerns raised and the potential for the continued display of the image to be treated as a public order offence.""The registered keeper of the vehicle was traced and spoken to by officers and made aware of the concerns raised and the potential for the continued display of the image to be treated as a public order offence."
Mr Hellewell used the hashtag #rapetruck in some of his tweets about the design. Mr Hellewell, who describes himself on his Twitter profile as a personal trainer from Wakefield, used the hashtag #rapetruck in some of his tweets about the design.
But when confronted over the term he replied: "How does it signify rape tell me? For a start the picture was my mum so hardly rape." When confronted over the term he replied: "How does it signify rape tell me? For a start the picture was my mum, so hardly rape."
He added: "It's boring now, it's removed and I've apologised, get a grip."He added: "It's boring now, it's removed and I've apologised, get a grip."
One Twitter user posted a message to him saying: "I cannot believe how sick some people are and think a picture of a bound, gagged woman can be fun."
Another tweeted a gym chain : "It really concerns me that you employ a person who finds it acceptable to glorify rape in the way that @JamesHellewell does."
A third user wrote: "How low can you go? This is sick, not humour."