Every Cloud ..............
This morning at 12.50am our fears were confirmed. I was woken up by the sound of someone trying to get through our garden gate. I looked out of the bedroom window and saw one bloke keeping look-out by our bins and I could hear the other trying to force our gate. I immediately woke Peter and we charged downstairs and threw open the front door - but too late they had scarpered. Not the wisest move really but when you are bl**dy angry you just want to confront the b**s**ds.
We called the Police and reported it and Peter managed to flag down a patrol car at the end of the road so I did the whole witness statement thing. We were told that the factory behind us (just over our wall) uses a large amount of copper to make its' products and this is what the thieves are after as it has shot up in value due to high demand in Asia.
Peter stayed off work today and my dad came over to fit a security light for us. When I got back from work we went and got a very heavy new padlock and chain for the gate (the previous one having been taken by the Police with the criminals bolt croppers attached!). We then went around all our immediate neighbours to warn them and their universal response was "we know, it has been happening to us since mid June and on numerous occasions". We had a mixture of emotions on hearing this - a bit of relief that it wasn't just 'us' and concern that it is so prolific. A lot of our neighbours have raised their fences, fitted security lights, installed CCTV and STILL they are getting these scumbags coming through their gardens.
Anyway, we got to meet a few of the neighbours that we hadn't spoken to before and we now have their phone numbers if we see anything untoward. The neighbours don't have much faith in the Police or the Company that owns the factory but we're not going to leave it at that so watch this space! Tomorrow I'm going to get in touch with the factory owners, our local Councillor and the local Crime Prevention Officer to try and get some action.
Worrying times but, at the end of the day, we felt a bit more reassured knowing that we have a group of neighbours around us all watching out for each other.
We called the Police and reported it and Peter managed to flag down a patrol car at the end of the road so I did the whole witness statement thing. We were told that the factory behind us (just over our wall) uses a large amount of copper to make its' products and this is what the thieves are after as it has shot up in value due to high demand in Asia.
Peter stayed off work today and my dad came over to fit a security light for us. When I got back from work we went and got a very heavy new padlock and chain for the gate (the previous one having been taken by the Police with the criminals bolt croppers attached!). We then went around all our immediate neighbours to warn them and their universal response was "we know, it has been happening to us since mid June and on numerous occasions". We had a mixture of emotions on hearing this - a bit of relief that it wasn't just 'us' and concern that it is so prolific. A lot of our neighbours have raised their fences, fitted security lights, installed CCTV and STILL they are getting these scumbags coming through their gardens.
Anyway, we got to meet a few of the neighbours that we hadn't spoken to before and we now have their phone numbers if we see anything untoward. The neighbours don't have much faith in the Police or the Company that owns the factory but we're not going to leave it at that so watch this space! Tomorrow I'm going to get in touch with the factory owners, our local Councillor and the local Crime Prevention Officer to try and get some action.
Worrying times but, at the end of the day, we felt a bit more reassured knowing that we have a group of neighbours around us all watching out for each other.
posted by Lover of Books, Films and Good Coffee Shops Everywhere! at
11:59 AM
1 Comments:
Poor you - so sorry to hear this. Hope the new lock sorts the problem for you.
Huge hugs
A
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