POLICE are looking for some pint-sized criminals following a Halloween raid on a house in Bushey on Monday.

The offenders, believed to be aged around eight, knocked on the door at a house in Bournehall Avenue between 8.15pm and 8.35pm.

A young boy answered the door and left it open to go and talk to his father.

While the door was unattended, the trick or treaters grabbed a mobile phone .worth £149.

A police spokesman said: "If people arrive on the door step and you have to leave the area, if you have not got a door chain, just shut the door and explain you will be back in a second."

Anybody with any information about this incident can telephone the crime desk on 01707 638102.

November 6, 2001 10:30