Burglars so tidy that they stacked broken glass
Saturday 11th September 2010, 2:29PM BST.
‘POLITE’ burglars broke into a cafe this week, leaving the new business with a £250 headache.
Tea Room at Chouet tenant Shaun McDonald holds the broken rear window that thieves smashed to gain entry to the property. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 1026175)
Shaun McDonald, tenant of the Tea Room at Chouet, said he had been shocked by the lack of damage caused. At first he had not even realised there had been a break-in as the thieves had been so tidy.
‘They smashed the window at the back, but stacked the glass outside,’ he said. ‘They are obviously very polite thieves. I didn’t notice until I sat at a table nearby and felt a breeze.’
The intruders had even taken items off the window ledge – including a small crab pot, a glass vase and a fishing-reel – and stacked them carefully on an outside table to avoid any damage and noise.
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One way to stop or slow the increase in the number of cars on the road; stop letting people immigrate to Guernsey. It will also slow the use of farm land turning into houses!
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funny the neighbours who lived so close and complained that the previous owners made so much noise slept through all the breaking glass.
Emm they seem to have changed there attitude now the owners have an english sounding surname
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Er Gary – what’s that got to do with a break-in at a cafe….? Wrong thread I assume….
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@ boddingtons
Agreed, strange……
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Boddingtons and Enigma, if you’d been anywhere near the place recently you’d know the house next door was being rebuilt so it’s unlikely the owners were there.
But don’t let a complete lack of knowledge about a subject stop you having a go at someone eh!
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