i got followed and pulled over 'randomly' on my way home last night.. ~1am in Eltham.
licence check, breath test, and he said he wanted to look at my spare tyre (just an excuse to sniff around in my boot i suppose) .. i told him i didn't have one in atm, and he warned me that that's a defect, so i told him i'd put it back in and showed him my pretty boot carpet anyway lol. i was nice and polite, told him i was just going home to bed and he sent me on my way. no mention of looking under the bonnet