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    Another Burglary

    Friend’s house burgled over the weekend. What was not stolen was completely trashed.
    The front and rear door was still intact and deadlocked as were the front windows. The CCTV was stolen.

    The internal fire door intact but the frame hacked out. All internal doors were ½ hour fire with security locks. All handles and doors had axe marks but the battering took the frames out. Light fittings taken, curtains taken classes and bottles and crockery smashed. Every item of sentimental value taken and large items such as antique tables were stolen.

    There is no feasible exit to the rear and the rear is overlooked by the neighbour’s house. There was a track worn by the thieves that led to the neighbours and stopped. The track has foot prints as does the stairs in the property. The new neighbours recently moved in and are unemployed, they have two dogs that never go out and bark at every little sound. There is on two ways to remove goods via the back. Either through the neighbours house or winched up by helicopter.
    None of the neighbours heard or saw anything.... After waiting two days for CSI, they telephoned to say they want do any investigation. The police said “we can’t go around interviewing and accusing people without having proof from CSI. We suspect someone homeless broke in, that why they took the curtains”
    It’s no wonder the police keep to shoplifting and speeding motorists.
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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      #3
      Has the friend had a 'chat' with his new unemployed neighbours with the 'hairtrigger' barking dogs?

      It's not a quick burglary is it.
      What happens in General, stays in General.
      You know what they say about assumptions!

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        #4
        Report them to HMRC as suspected IR35 miscreants. That'll get some action from the state.

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          #5
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          Has the friend had a 'chat' with his new unemployed neighbours with the 'hairtrigger' barking dogs?

          It's not a quick burglary is it.
          There was a chat but not a “chat”. The way the doors were battered, it is obvious that the person does not have much intelligence and is in possession of an axe. The police are less than useless. The plan is to use covert technology to discover what they are up to and make a honey trap.

          If you have CCTV, you must hide the recorder (in the ceiling?)
          "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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            #6
            Was the house in a dodgy cheap area or in nice expensive one?

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              #7
              Well if they put his curtains up...
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                Well if they put his curtains up...


                Expensive curtains? Or super cheap area?

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                  #9
                  awful story. Hope they do get it sorted out

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                    #10
                    They should move.

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