POLICE have removed a child-like scarecrow from the side of the road after receiving complaints from members of the public. The miniature scarecrow, which was sat on a child s bike, had been placed underneath the Welcome to Weaverham sign on Northwich Road, with one driver actually mistaking it for an unaccompanied child. On Monday morning, father of the three Silvio Pacitti was taking his children to a nearby school when he spotted what he thought was a child on a bike at the side of the road, causing him to slam on his brakes. He said: I was driving towards St Bede s Primary to drop my kids off.