An FBI-style website listing some of the UK's 'most wanted' crims has gone titsup within hours of going live.

The site - www.mostwanted-uk.org - enables vulture-eyed citizens to tip-off police if they spot any villains.

Snag is, the site has suffered GBH after thousands of people tried to access it this morning.

While some may have got a peep at the UK's "most wanted", many others were faced with the following message: "The page cannot be displayed. The request cannot be processed at this time. The amount of traffic exceeds the Web site's configured capacity."

A spokesman for Crimestoppers told us that the site had been swamped by users.

One wag who contacted El Reg said: "Maybe the dark forces of the criminal underworld have got wind of the site and hired a hitman to 'take it out'" Another suggested it had been burgled.

Ho hum. ®

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