London Evening Standard: Couple find unexploded World War II bomb in their basement...but delayed calling police because they 'didn't want to wake the neighbours'

Stephen Sin, 44, found the incendiary device at his home in Crystal Palace on Wednesday but did not want to cause a scene late at night.

Mr Sin, along with his wife Janice Hardy, moved the unexploded bomb into the garden and carried on with their day before alerting the police on Thursday afternoon.

The 44-year-old told the Croydon Guardian he was initially reluctant to call the police straight away because they did not want everything to “stand still”.

Ms Hardy said she previously read a story about someone finding an unexploded bomb but added it caused chaos in the neighborhood.

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