Gutted - burgled
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Left the house this morning to discover that some scrote had broken into my garage through the side door last night. The garage is detached from the house and so isn't on the main alarm system and it wasn't an opportunist thief as nothing was prominently on display and they made a fair mess getting in.
Fortunately they couldn't open the main doors and my bike was alarmed but they took my gf's mountain bike. I'm not sure if anything else has gone as it was a bit of a mess anyway as we're doing a lot of building work so will need to check properly later.
The police have been round and will send a fingerprint person round later as apparently there are some good ones (probably mine) that they can use.
I feel a bit sick knowing that someone was having a good look around and could come back to have another go or even have a pop at the house. They probably wouldn't risk it but it is playing on my mind. It's not even a slightly rough area but I think I'll be investing in a separate alarm system for the garage and some more locks and bolts. Can't do anything yet though as I've been banned from going near it as it's now a crime scene.
A timely reminder that it's worth locking your bike down and alarming it even if it is locked in your garage.
Fortunately they couldn't open the main doors and my bike was alarmed but they took my gf's mountain bike. I'm not sure if anything else has gone as it was a bit of a mess anyway as we're doing a lot of building work so will need to check properly later.
The police have been round and will send a fingerprint person round later as apparently there are some good ones (probably mine) that they can use.
I feel a bit sick knowing that someone was having a good look around and could come back to have another go or even have a pop at the house. They probably wouldn't risk it but it is playing on my mind. It's not even a slightly rough area but I think I'll be investing in a separate alarm system for the garage and some more locks and bolts. Can't do anything yet though as I've been banned from going near it as it's now a crime scene.
A timely reminder that it's worth locking your bike down and alarming it even if it is locked in your garage.
Thanks for the support / general condemnation of the lower level of society. 
I'm sat here now waiting for the crime scene officers to show up and take fingerprints. I've been told not to touch anything til they get here but definitely need to secure the garage overnight. Tried phoning the station and all they said was "They should be there today but they might not."
Not much use to me though really as B&Q shuts in a couple of hours and I need bolts, padlocks, alarms, electic fences....
I'm sat here now waiting for the crime scene officers to show up and take fingerprints. I've been told not to touch anything til they get here but definitely need to secure the garage overnight. Tried phoning the station and all they said was "They should be there today but they might not."
Not much use to me though really as B&Q shuts in a couple of hours and I need bolts, padlocks, alarms, electic fences....
m3evo2 said:
Dudd said:
Sossige said:
surfsofa said:
Sorry to hear that. These people are truly the scum of the earth, feeding like pests on other people's hard work.
I advocate breaking the little barstewards' fingers.
Edited by Hooli on Monday 7th July 21:07
There's a nice little gang term called "six-packing" someone.
Elbows, wrists and ankles crushed to a pulp; all done with hammers.
Knees are too difficult to damage seriously, too easy to replace with artificial ones these days.
The others all take months, sometimes years, to heal and require extensive, painful physio.
And don't even ask me about "kerbing..."
Elbows, wrists and ankles crushed to a pulp; all done with hammers.
Knees are too difficult to damage seriously, too easy to replace with artificial ones these days.
The others all take months, sometimes years, to heal and require extensive, painful physio.
And don't even ask me about "kerbing..."
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