Shameful.

On a theme of bad cops, but tragically so.

The whole incident gives an awful insight into modern policing methods and levels of police competence.

"UNDER-FIRE police yesterday confirmed the body found in missing Alan Goulden's garden was his. They spent 10 weeks hunting for policeman's dad Alan while his body lay in a hedge just 10 feet from his front door. Yesterday, the Lothian and Borders force officially identified him and said a postmortem examination had ruled out crime. They have called in Strathclyde Police to investigate the bungled search."