On 2009-12-07 16:52:25 +0000, "Bob Hobden" said:



"Rusty Hinge" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote:
Went down the allotment site yesterday for a few veg for dinner and was
confronted by the site of all the sheds on the site being broken into,
doors or what's left of them flapping in the breeze. To get to the
sheds they had smashed rabbit fences and gates. Luckily with no shed we
only had big footprints in the soft earth were I had already dug as
they walked across our plot.
Luckily I spotted a cache of stuff hidden by the gates and took it home
after advising the Police.
Spent the rest of the day dealing with the Police, a SOCO, putting
notices on all sheds for the Police, and advising as many plotholders
as I could by phone or personally. Still today I've had to go down to
the site again.
Yet the Council can't give me contact details of all the plotholders
because of Data Protection!!!

Yes they can! Jobsworths...

Well it turns out that the Council themselves have now made contact or
left messages for all the other plot holders, saves me a job. I have
also been able to get the details of some that have contacted me for
future reference.
The Police have now proved to be a bunch of .......... because they
told one plot holder that each shed has to go down as separate crimes
whereas I was given a number for all the site which they were all to
quote so they could all be linked, they then said they knew nothing
about me having found stuff when I'd given them a list and their SOCO
had been round and fingerprinted it. I despair some times.
Strangely only the petrol Strimmer and the petrol Generator (?) have
been claimed so far so it look like I might gain stuff.
I think they were disturbed. Looking at the site today and the
footprints they appear to have been collecting stuff on the plot by the
main gates as they went through each shed, the cache I found.
A shed near our plot which is also next to our only neighbouring
property had a Cultivator in it that wasn't moved despite the shed
being broken into, that neighbour breeds some large dogs (Dogue de
Bordeaux) so perhaps they started barking and frightened them off. They
would put the fear of God into anyone in the dark, especially when they
bark on mass.
Anyway, looks like damage was the only outcome.
They will be back though IDC, guaranteed.

Maybe a few sheds could have those 'trembler' type car alarms in them?!
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Sacha
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