A lynchmob of angry rich people from the quiet Blighty village of Broughton physically chased a Google mapping car from the area.

Villagers fearing that Google Earth could be used by burglars to target their homes snapped when they saw the Street View car appear. They formed a human barrier to stop the Street View car in its tracks and forced the vehicle to turn around and leave.

Resident Paul Jacobs saw the car first and confronted the driver and told him that he was not allowed to continue, before alerting police. When this proved pointless and also illegal he then knocked on his neighbours' doors and a crowd of angry residents surrounded the black Opel Astra, forcing it to make a U-turn and quickly leave.

Jacobs, who works for a global entertainment company, described Street View as a 'burglar's dream'. He told the driver that he was not only invading our privacy but also facilitating crime. This is an affluent area. Only poor people have their houses snapped in Google, we guess.

Google has pointed out that the was driver was on public land and because Street View blurs out any faces or car number plates, he was not breaking any laws.

It seems that only in England have rich people the right to stop people in a public highway and send them packing. Poor people would be arrested.