@Flinty was recently suddenly awoken at 5am in the morning by police storming into his home. The police clearly expected to find a cannabis factory, but instead only found loads of strange electrical equipment and machinery.
Over the last few years suspicions arouse due to
@Flinty acting extremely secretly, all his windows were covered in foil and when police looked into suspicions reported by his neighbours they not only found that he'd been using ridiculous amounts of electricity, but they also discovered that a large amount of excess heat was being given off from the property on a regular basis.
After the initial raid a very shaken
@Flinty had no option but to come clean, for the last 5 years he'd been utterly obsessed with time travel and had been doing nothing but attempting to build a working time machine. Unfortunately so far all he'd managed to achieve was to use massive amounts of electricity, trip the electricity supply on multiple occasions and to excessively heat up his room. The police eventually realised that although
@Flinty's interests were very peculiar, he hadn't broken any criminal laws and they were therefore forced to leave with an apology, they did however still express health and safety concerns and
@Flinty was warned that he could still face future civil actions against him if he doesn't stop performing what they call "dangerous unlicensed experiments" in a residential area which he strongly denies.
@Flinty is now claiming back compensation from the police for a damaged door and he is also hoping to claim for emotional distress, but luckily for him the police didn't damage any of his valuable "time travel" equipment.
@Flinty claims that time travel is not only possible, but that he is likely to achieve it within the next year, his obsession continues.