But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by
reporting the incident

When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A
lone officer who was told it was a car theft !

As I'd lost nothing I decided life was too short to fill in pointless
forms on the Transport Police website. What action do you think they
would take ? Tick another box on this months statistics ?

Sadly we're living in an age where we have to look after each other.


Round my way, the police hardly turn up, just give you a crime number
for the insurance.

However, without fail, a civilian forensics technician will visit the
scene of the crime and, of course, wonders do they perform.

The reality is that those already known to the police and fully
inserted on the DNA database commit most of the crime. People in that
situation can't so much as fart in a lift anymore and get away with
it.

The problem isn't catching them the problem is what to do with them,
as invariably drugs will be playing a large part in their behaviour.

My magistrate neighbour had some thirty something bloke up before her
the other day for a stealing a 99p pack of bacon from the convenience
store. As she said, "What am I supposed to do with them? Here he is
thirty something and he can't even steal a pack of bacon without
getting caught, it's pathetic."

Drug addicts are out of control in need of treatment but there is
precious little treatment to be had and neither will there be, or
probably should there be, whilst there are waiting lists for hip
operations.

If it's any consolation to you and assuming he was on drugs then he
will surely pay a far higher price eventually (pretty soon usually)
than anything the law can throw at him.