Moonlight bandits
Violence in a British seaside town has been found to increase when the moon is full.
Brighton Police are stepping up night patrols during the full moon after studies found it coincided with a rise in violent crime.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "Research carried out by us has shown a correlation between violent incidents and full moons.
"More officers will be out on Brighton’s streets during full moons over the summer months." Inspector Andy Parr compared crime statistics for Brighton and Hove with lunar graphs.
He said: "From my experience, over 19 years of being a police officer, undoubtedly on full moons, we do seem to get people with, sort of, stranger behaviour - more fractious, argumentative.
"And I think that’s something that’s been borne out by police officers up and down the country for years."
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