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Came down to all cupboard doors open all drawers and unit opened. What have they got. Passport and £200 in Kunas for next trip to Croasia. Purse with £30, £10 on table for window cleaner plus mi bus pass and mi 6 euro bag from Espania. They also took oh wallet, purse and his laptop. My little old dog was in but she didn't bark, she rarely does these days but she was upset when I came down. Severed hands for stealing others property is a good idea and should still be applicable. On facebook my horoscope says drag out the suitcase, call the travel agent, it's time to hit the road. Must be a bad joke ,no money no passport not even my bus pass, won't get far will I ?
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That's a shock!!sorry to hear that.......yeah tend to agree with you about the hands.....

Oh dear...so sorry.what a shock.Its not just all the things you have lost,which is awful,but also the fact that someone has been rifling through your things..

I also agree that sentencing should be a lot harsher.
Thinking of you x

Sorry to hear that Elaine, you said 'came don to' was that overnight? How did they get in? So much inconvenience. Did the police attend?

Ann, It was between 2 am and 5 am oh came to bed just before 2 and as I have a waterworks infection I was up 3 times in the bathroom during the night. They broke a small panel in the back door and used a fishing rod to get my keys off the worktop my daughter found their equipment in the park opposite my house. Yes I called the police straight away and cancelled my cards.

So sorry to read this Elaine....definately agree with tougher sentences, wish we could do the same to them!!
Hope you are both ok and not to shaken, not a nice thing to happen.
Take care.

jude xx

how awful for you i cant imagine how you feel,

burglary is somthing i totally dread especially if your in sleeping while they do it,

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So sorry to hear this Elaine...what a shock for you and OH. Hope that the police have called by now.....and that they may have some idea who these burglers might be.

Not a nice thought that someone have been in your house without you knowing and taken some of your things. Yes I agree about tougher sentences.

Take care Elaine.

Love, Sallie.xx

Must be somebody who looks at Facebook.

Sorry to hear this has happened to you, it's getting more and more common now. Possibly you disturbed them when you got up to go to the loo.

So very sorry it is such a horrible feeling to get up in the morning and discover you have had burgled. I hope are ok and that the police can catch the thieves.
Take care

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Elaine I am sorry you have had this happen, you must have felt sick when you saw the disturbed rooms and realised what was stolen.

It's hard to believe these people have the nerve to fiddle about with a fishing rod while you were sleeping, I am glad they didn't do more damage and that you didn't end up confronting them, there's no telling what they would have done had you come downstairs in the night and found them inside.

Seems strange that they take the trouble to bring a fishing rod out to do such things and then discard it, I mean unless they stole that too, those things cost money so defeating the object of burglary.

Severed hands and branded across the face THIEF would be more of a punishment than the pathetic sentences dished out nowadays.

Thinking of you, take care of yourself.

Lizxx

Sharron, why facebook?

it's horrible - we had just had new double glazed burglar proof windows fitted - hadn't even paid for them - they simply removed the whole window - only took a watch, but had the TV, and remote ready to remove but my husband got up to use the bathroom and they must have panicked - they did however catch them which was good - when I asked the police if the guy had ever worked for a double glazing firm he laughed his head off - worked? He never worked a day in his life

had four cars stolen - found that far more traumatic

Sorry, I am wrong.

I read Facebook but didn't see horoscope.

I took my friends little boys (under seven) to see an elderly friend once and not long afterwards she was burgled. I am pretty sure it was their very unpleasant older brother.

Gosh Ann that was scary, they must have watched them fitting the window and realised how they could remove it. They are very brazen aren't they? Breaking in when people are in there.

And four cars Ann, gosh, one after the other or spaced out?

Trouble is, I think unless the police catch them with the stuff they have stolen they say it is not worth prosecuting because they just say they have found it.

cars gone over a number of years Ann - two Morris Minors and a Ford Cortina twice

Awful for you Elaine to find this had happened whilst you were sleeping.

My house was burgled many years ago but fortunately I was away for the weekend.

Nothing of value was taken, because the scumbag got through a very small toilet window and even item such as TVs etc would have been impossible to take out the same way as he got in. My precious bits of sentimental jewellery I had with me.

It really freaked me out because the police officer who came to take fingerprints etc warned me that the trail of blood, obviously that he had cut himself breaking the window he had had left on every wall, cupboard and drawer he had touched should be scrupulously cleaned with bleach because of the risk of aids, as he may have been a drug addict.
I have said 'he' throughout my story because the low-life was caught for another crime, but , fortunately pleaded guilty so I did not have to attend the court hearing.

Best wishes to you and your OH that you will soon be able to overcome this shocking violation of your house .

Jo <3

Elaine know the feeling. I was burgled on the 1st August. They took my car and hubbies van keys. Nothing else. Front door left open. Have now got house alarmed as so frightened to go to bed. Been paid out for car and been out today and ordered new car as we had gap insurance. Someone has been arrested for my car and on bail but so far not been charged. Sorry this has happened to you xx