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NEIGHBOURHOOD ALERT


At about 4 am this morning (Thursday 28th December 2011) we had an attempted break in at our house in Marmora Road.


I was awoken by our dog barking and on going downstairs to investigate realised that someone had tried to steal our car keys using canes stuck through the letter box.


We found three lengths of bamboo tied together with duct tape to form a long pole with a hook, like a fishing hook, at the far end. The culprits had gone but had left it behind. I had left the keys to my car at the bottom of the stairs that evening. The distance from our front door to the bottom of the stairs is approximately 15 ft but their canes did not reach that far. I think that if they had had more time they could have attached another cane and maybe have reached the stairs.


Forensics have been but no prints were left behind


I wanted to alert neighbours to be wary of these tactics and to be aware that these people are operating in this area.

  • 11 months later...
Sorry to be pedantic but I find it kind of irksome that people refer to all theft as 'robbery'. Robbery is defined as violence or the threat of violence in order to commit theft. This case was attempted theft, not attempted robbery although it could be argued to have been attempted burglary if his arm was on the premises through the letterbox.

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> Sorry to be pedantic but I find it kind of irksome that people refer to all theft as 'robbery'.

> Robbery is defined as violence or the threat of violence in order to commit theft. This case was

> attempted theft, not attempted robbery although it could be argued to have been attempted burglary if

> his arm was on the premises through the letterbox.


Oooh, LD, don't get me started on why 'copyright infringement' (downloading songs/movies) is not 'theft'...

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