(Please note this transcript uses phonetic spellings to replicate the Yorkshire accent and dialect of the speaker.)
1. I'm on bail even though I dint do ote. Now I've gotta be in at 6 every night like I'm some sort of kid ... and I can't leave the house in the morning before 6.
2. First the police came to my house and said I'd been breaking into other peoples' houses. My wife had a fit. I told her I dint do ote but she dint believe me. They strip-searched me and found a screwdriver. I told em I'd been mending my car but they dint believe me.
3. They put my screwdriver in a plastic bag and took me to station. I had to give a statement then they arrested me, then they put me in a police cell. I had to call a solicitor. I dint get to choose a solicitor. It was a free legal aid bloke. He said I'd been arrested on suspicion of burglary. I told him I dint do ote but ya could tell he dint believe me.
4. I know the law. They don't scare me. Y'see, they can only keep ya locked up for 72 hours. After that, coppers ave gotta let ya go, charge you or they've gotta go to a magistrate and ask for an extra 24 hours to question ya. I dint tell 'em ote. They could only charge me if they've got evidence to prove I did it. And they han't ya'see.
5. They said someone had been breaking into houses using a screwdriver. I don't care. Note to do with me. Like I said to coppers, I only had a screwdriver in me pocket cos I'd been mending my mate's car. Ya could tell they dint believe me.
6. After a couple of days they took me out of cells and took me straight to magistrate's court. The judge read out what I'd been accused of and I told him I han't done ote. Ya could tell he dint believe me. I thought I was gonna get 'remanded in custody'. I could'hve gone to prison till the court date. It would ave done me head in. It did last time I went down.
7. This time I got 'remanded on bail' so at least I could go home. Ya'see, I have to go back to court to prove I dint do ote. It's only a magistrate's court though, I mean, not like it's ote serious and I could have gone to Crown Court.
8. Now I'm on bail and the police are looking for witnesses to prove I did it. I need an alibi to prove where I was when the houses were burgled. They don't scare me. What's the worst that can happen? What, I could go down for six months or get community service? So what! Big deal!