MICHAEL PHILIP LUFF
It is so.  The chances that I would be able to overtake him according to me, was not there.  If this person was able to get away, there were many bushes, he could just ran into the premises of the next house, and we won't be able to get hold of him, and the next street, two houses further on, if he ran in that direction, he would be able to get away.  I wouldn't have been able to get hold of him again.