l've gotta move out of here

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by AirAssisted

.................... just make sure you put that bottle of scotch on the list of things that got stolen!............

The bas**rds stole a bottle of Blue lable Johnny Walker that l'd bought for my son-in-laws dad who we're going to meet in Jan when we go to South Africa, now it'l have to be £7.99 White Horse.

Forgot to mention, the little sh*t of a dog barked like f**k at the policemen.

[diving_moose]

Now theres a suprise everytime i go round to someone's house to deal with the burglary they say the dog did not make a noise, but when i turn up f**k me it barks it's head off and tries ripping my balls off. The usual response i get must learn to get used to it.
Lee

[Mick F]

Wankers. But no doubt it's all our fault somehow........maybe society didn't give them enough love and attention.....or Burberry or something.

Howard mate, I've been through it once & seen it many times. Nothing we say on here will make any difference, but at least be assured that your mates are thinking of you.

[Diving Dude]

Now my daughter Rebecca has really pi**ed me off, pops in with a bunch of flowers and a bottle of perfume for "da bitch" because she's upset, so l think hmmmmm........ l'm upset so do l get choccies......NOPE.

Originally Posted by Digger

................................I can't stand to see my YD dad all pissed off...........

Hey Digs, can't l be you "YD older brother" much more fitting.

[Helen F H]

Originally Posted by diving dude

l'm upset so do l get choccies......NOPE.

I will make you some cookies and post them darling..........

[Simon TW]

Originally Posted by Brass Monkey

Sorry to hear your news. A few strokes of the birch and a couple of licks from the cat is what's need for pricks like that.

Dave.

I'm so sorry Howard, I know it's not nice being violated like that, however, I have had such a laugh reading this thread that there is some green heading your way.

I also have two Shi-Tzu's but they would attack anything ( if they thought there was a biscuit in it)

[Mark Chase]

Sorry to here this M8 but look on the bright side they didn’t nick any diving equipment . How pissed would you be if they took your VR3 and the dive goes out on Wednesday .

When we had a van done a couple of years ago it was all I could do to convince my wife not to move house. In town you have the chaves and the pros but in the sticks we have the Pikeys so it doesn’t make much odds where you live the police don’t /cant / give a toss for what ever reason they like to think of but they would stick me in prison in a hart beet if I beet the crap out of one of them

Get a vicious Doberman or Rotweiler. If your wife can have a dog then so can you right? With any luck it will eat the shiatsu.

ATB

Mark Chase

[PeteM]

My sympathies, we got done in February and it is horrible. What I think made it worse for us was they went round the whole house being choosy about what they stole, so we were finding things missing weeks later.

Now got an alarm and a safe. At least we got good attention from plod, local DC lives a couple of houses down and is very interested in it not becoming a crime wave, no real chance of catching them though. DC reconned it was probably druggings from the local town (Braintree - FX: waves to scubajay) after easy to dispose of stuff

[Mark Davies]

Sorry to hear about that Howard. I hope my colleagues down there catch them for you. It's not entirely true that they will just get spanked. If it's a third conviction for burglary there's now an automatic minimum sentence of 3 years. Why we have to wait for a third conviction I just don't know, but it's something.

The thing is, I know a lot of these tossers and they just have no concience. They just think what's yours is there for the taking and they've earned it simply by being able to take it. Prison doesn't change them, it just gets them hooked on heroin if they weren't already (it's cheaper inside than out!). It stops them offending while they're inside at least, but they come out more of a problem than they were before they got nicked.

Now fear that they'd get a damn good kicking if caught, or get shot by their victim, might make a difference. It would mean they'd be more careful to pick on the weak and vulnerable for a start. Not sure that's what we want.

So . . .

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

In town you have the chaves and the pros but in the sticks we have the Pikeys so it doesn’t make much odds where you live the police don’t /cant / give a toss for what ever reason they like to think of but they would stick me in prison in a hart beet if I beet the crap out of one of them

Mark, I understand your frustrations. I assure you the police do care. We might be ineffective but that's not for lack of trying - we're simply shackled by the immense amount of beaurocracy that we have to deal with.

As for beating the crap out of someone you caught in your house - don't think we wouldn't be sympathetic, but the law is the law. There are reasons (which I've touched on above) why I don't think summary justice dished out by the victim is a good thing. It won't stop scum burgling people - it's how they survive. It will just change their behaviour and make them pick on the old and infirm instead. It will make them carry weapons and be more prepared to be violent.

As Howard's South African friend pointed out, over there they would have been killed in their beds. In South Africa you're allowed to shoot dead anyone found in your house. There are also heavy penalties for burglary. These facts are not disconnected. If by breaking into a house you're already going to get sent to prison for life, and are at risk of being killed, you might as well kill the householder while they sleep to prevent yourself getting shot - what difference is it going to make?

I'm not trying to support our system - it frustrates me as much as anybody else. But I don't believe the usual knee-jerk reactions are the answer.

Howard - again, sorry to hear about your bad luck. But at least try to take comfort that you and all your family (your most precious possessions) are all safe and well. Everything else can be replaced. Especially the useless pooch!

[Josie]

Hi Howard

Sorry to hear about your break-in. I'm glad that you're all ok (apart from the dog maybe?!)

One of final things that pushed me to move out of London (in addition to the tubes and bomb scares) and up to Edinburgh was being broken into twice in one week.

Hope you're all ok now and the insurers pay up promptly. When we were burgled I think it was the community liason officer (or some other policeman with a fancy title) came round and assessed the house and garden and suggested where they might gain entry to the house but it was a bit late by then! He gave us tips about putting trellis on the fence (we wanted to put barbed wire but he said we couldn't!) so that they couldn't get back in that way and other good tips.

All the best, Josie