Amazing pictures of an 11-year-old girl breaking into a Bristol supermarket have been captured by an Evening Post photographer.

Ben Birchall was at the scene to take photos of her running amok inside and then being arrested by the police after he dialed 999. She even threw a rock at him after spotting him outside.

Ben had pulled up nearby in his car on his way home from work to remove his car stereo's face plate before he parked outside his home.

Picture editor Shaun Thompson said: "He noticed the young girl smashing the supermarket window, being the professional he is, he picked up his camera and started shooting."

Ben said: "I heard a banging and after looking towards Sainsbury's I noticed what looked like a little girl throwing a heavy brick at its window.

"At first I thought she was just throwing it at the window for fun but then she started kicking it and picking bits of glass off piece by piece with her bare hands, so I phoned 999."

"When I looked back she had got inside. When she was inside she went daft, running around like a loony throwing paper and phones around."

He said: "I was actually quite shocked. She looked about 11 and the things she was doing you would think would be more like the behaviour of 16, 18 or 25-year-old males."

"You would not think an 11-year-old girl would be on the street at 11pm at night doing that in such a brazen way."

The girl even tried to throw a rock at Ben after spotting him outside the store.

"Fortunately, it never came through the glass," he said.

Police spokesman Paul Gainey said: "Police were called at 10.55pm to a store in Castle Court in Bloomfield Road where there had reportedly been a break-in.

"Someone had entered the store by smashing a window and had destroyed some computers and other equipment in the Travel Store area.

"Officers were threatened by a large piece of glass and a rock as they apprehended an 11-year-old girl.

"She was put before Bristol Youth court for breach of bail then immediately re-arrested on suspicion of burglary in connection with the Sainsbury's incident."

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