Thieving little villains

[Paul.M]

The mother in-law is on holiday in Australia for a month visiting family and the wife is going around every day to feed the cat and check the house is ok etc.

On Saturday night whilst at her mothers the wife phoned me saying that the garden has been broken into and all of the fish pond gear has been stolen! Filtration system, pumps, heaters and they even took the bloody garden lights from around the pond!

Did the scumy little ********'s unplug everything or disconnect the numerous pipes? Of course they didn't, they just ragged it out using brute force. IP socket box ripped off the wall with broken socket showing live conductors close to the wet grass. Buried pipes pulled up from the ground taking some plants with it, not a big deal I know but she loves her garden and puts in a lot of time and effort into it (family home for 30 years).

Police not interested unless we find foot prints or blood at the scene so on Saturday night I could only make safe.

Sunday in the light of day what a mess they have made! Stolen about £500 worth of gear + about £100 in damaged pipes (have to be replaced) + at least 2 days work for a sparky to re-install due to cable damage as it comes from the ground (needed renewing anyway but that's not the point). Spent most of Sunday fitting IP socket boxes, new heater so the fish don't freeze and I put up 3 security lights covering the full length of the garden. Not the way I wanted to spend my day off and of course its all free of charge lol.

Not a nice thing to come home to after a month away, she is going to go mental when she sees it.

 

[sparkiegaz]

sry to read this,,, just seems to be the norm these days,,,,cant have anything without some scum looking at ways to make few easy quid,,,,had some ****e try to get into my garage few months back luckily the dog herd and the ran before i could get the door open,,,,needless to say the metal up and over door ever gets lifted other than me ,,,,,,,,,,,someone is in for a shock,,,,,

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Chainsaw?

 

[Mark_Burgess]

What I hate is that we have to add extra security to ensure our goods are still there, but in doing so it looks like we may have some expensive stuff to steal due to the extra security.

I wonder if your inlaws house would have done over if they we NOT on holiday, maybe this was planned as if they knew they were not there or be there for a while.

 

[gottahugenoggin]

Some scally tried breaking into my house when i was at work a few weeks back to steal my motocross bike (im single so its my dining room feature).Luckily my neighbour heard him and scared him off.
Since then ive fitted alarm mines around the back.Alarm mines are used by farmers to alert them or scare off poachers.
They use a trip wire to trigger a 12 guage blank shot gun cartridge.The mechanism only around £15 and the blanks are £10 for 5.....very cheap but effective....also legal as its only classed as pyrotechnics.
Ive also fitted an alarm with x3 115db internal sounders and ive now taken the wheels off and keep them in my van.
I know that if there that determined to get my bike,the chances are they will get it.I just like to think that if they do it will be at the expense of their hearing!!
Now bikes,cars ect are all vulnerable to theft........but fish pond equiptment....it just goes to show you really cant have ANYTHING

 

[hammerwell08]

Sorry to hear this . Some people just can't help them selfs can they.

2Weeks ago my Mum & Dad went up to bed as normal, and the next day my dad got up and went to make a cup of tea. When he got to bottom of the stairs the door was wedged. He thought it was strange cause they dont shut it because of the cat. Turns out someone broke in and cleared them out , My Mum has just got through cancer and a burst bowel that lead her to have a stroke, so she is on loads of pills etc and could at any time need to be rushed in hospital. Well they took the car , pills, everything electrical and bank cards ,money etc even old photos.

She was beside herself and really upset so was my dad as they took his car which was his pride and joy & transport to get my mum to hospital if she needed it. They took the TV Off the wall , even though it was all wired in the walls ,all the computer leads and wireless stuff. All while they slept & they set the car alarm off 3.00 in mornin, which next door herd but didn't think anything of it , as he has got cctv on the cars and his house. But! he never switched it on that night. typical !
Well the police come and done what they had to do . Theu managed to find a blood sample on the garden gate. Anyway they gave them a crime number and left.

Didn't think they cared that much as this allways happens to someone. Well got a phone call today that the police had got him in custody and he had kitted his flat out with their stuff. Couldn't believe it , he had burnt out the car and they don't know what they will get back yet.
Best thing is my little brother is inside doin couple months for driving offences , He going to wait for him to go inside then he going to give him what for and teach him a lesson.

 

[Paul.M]

Hammerwell I'm very sorry to hear your perents predicament and I wish them all the best. It always happens to the nicest people.

I've given you a like and a thanks, not for the heart renching story but for the last paragraph. Karma comes back around (in cell block B lol).

 

[High Tower]

Paul I have something I can lend you that might help mate .............

 

[Paul.M]

Paul I have something I can lend you that might help mate .............View attachment 10181

I don't think a leather couch would help me much! Oh you mean the big threatening dog sat on the couch, yes that would work. Is he trained to bite "villains" wearing 3 stripe tracksuits in the meat and veg area? I hope so.

 

[High Tower]

He will near enough bite anything

 

[poppypiesdad]

Sorry to hear about the theft , GUMTREE , best place to sell stolen gear , and to find your stolen gear

Jamie

 

[Guest111]

years ago there was a landrover parked in a side street near where I worked and in the window was a sign which read"THIS VEHICLE IS NEVER LOCKED AND THE KEYS ARE LEFT ON THE BACK SEAT,under the rottweiler"and sure enough asleep in the back was one of the biggest rottweilers I,ve ever seen,wonder if he got a discount on his insurance for his anti theft device? on a cheerier note a chap near me was broken into some years ago and on entering the kitchen found blood everywhere,police came and found a man in the field with a large strip torn from his back,300 stitches later whilst being interviewed he said he was ok robbing the house as the dogs hadn,t bothered,until the bitch with the pups growled at him resulting in the large male rottweiler taking exception to his presence and removing said strip of skin.

 

[a1guvner]

years ago there was a landrover parked in a side street near where I worked and in the window was a sign which read"THIS VEHICLE IS NEVER LOCKED AND THE KEYS ARE LEFT ON THE BACK SEAT,under the rottweiler"and sure enough asleep in the back was one of the biggest rottweilers I,ve ever seen,wonder if he got a discount on his insurance for his anti theft device? on a cheerier note a chap near me was broken into some years ago and on entering the kitchen found blood everywhere,police came and found a man in the field with a large strip torn from his back,300 stitches later whilst being interviewed he said he was ok robbing the house as the dogs hadn,t bothered,until the bitch with the pups growled at him resulting in the large male rottweiler taking exception to his presence and removing said strip of skin.

The way forward, just crazy when you protect your own property you can feel you cant protect your home and family the way you should be able to if someone does come in without thinking of the police being on the side of the scum scroat that let themselves into your home,

String em up and burn them slow,

 

[rfears]

Cautionary tale:

Paul, sorry to hear about your problem.

Here's another account - our best local plumber/heating man was burying his father - thieving little villains drove across the field at the back of his house (straight through the crop) and stole all his stuff from the garden shed - tools, pipes, etc. The track across the field was straight to his back fence - how did they know?

I think you've just invented a new Internat three letter acronym - TLV!

 

[Knobhead]

As a 12/13 year old I used to walk dogs for a friend of my mothers. On leaving school I’d walk around to the house where the dogs would be waiting for me to take them out.

So one day I walked around to the back of the house to let myself in, by this time the dogs would normally be barking. SILENCE! Something’s strange, walked past the broken window and let myself in, went to the lounge where the dogs were never normally allowed in. Sat in an armchair is Burglar Bill, with 3 Airedales sat around him. “Please call them off”, “no I can’t, I don’t know how”. So I phoned the police and then the owner. “DON’T let the police in the house otherwise they’ll be sat on the chair as well!” The police arrived and waited outside while I served tea biscuits to them and B Bill. The dogs never bothered me at all. About an hour and a half later she arrived, one word and all the dogs just lay down and plod took our friend away.

The dogs had been trained by an ex RN marine. They would let anyone in, god help them if they tried to get out! The perfect rattrap!

The only danger I had from the dogs was being drowned in slobber!

 

[Geordie Spark]

years ago there was a landrover parked in a side street near where I worked and in the window was a sign which read"THIS VEHICLE IS NEVER LOCKED AND THE KEYS ARE LEFT ON THE BACK SEAT,under the rottweiler"and sure enough asleep in the back was one of the biggest rottweilers I,ve ever seen,wonder if he got a discount on his insurance for his anti theft device? on a cheerier note a chap near me was broken into some years ago and on entering the kitchen found blood everywhere,police came and found a man in the field with a large strip torn from his back,300 stitches later whilst being interviewed he said he was ok robbing the house as the dogs hadn,t bothered,until the bitch with the pups growled at him resulting in the large male rottweiler taking exception to his presence and removing said strip of skin.

A similar thing involved a friend of mine who parked his van in the car park of a social club in the Sunderland area.

A little toerag appeared & asked him for money "to look after your van". My friend pointed to the dog that he's left sitting in the driving seat at which point he toerag asked: "Is he any good at putting fires out?"