A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.
Is there any
point in calling the Police ?

"Rob" wrote in message
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A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.
Is there any
point in calling the Police ?

Non whatsoever. It's not a speeding car which will bring in revenue.

Mike


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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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If your house insurance covers theft from the garden, you'll need a police crime number for the insurance company.

If you don't report it, then the police have no idea it's happened, and therefore don't have a true idea of crime in your area. there won't be any push for resources in your area because, of course, there isn't any crime.

There is a remote chance that they'll find the perpetrator, especially if they're already looking at him for something else. For example, my father came home to find all his valuables in a pillow case on the landing. He rang the police, they said "we think we've got him" - they had a guy on bail doing his daily report (in between collecting my dad's valuables and going back to collect them), and they noticed my father's gold watch on his wrist, so they hung on to him.

So - remote chance of getting it back. But even if the chance is slim, it's still worth getting it on the record.

On 07/10/2012 09:30, Rob wrote:
A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.
Is there any
point in calling the Police ?

Might be worth ringing 101 as you will likely find they have done the
entire street or neighbourhood. Have you checked you garage/toolshed?

You will need a crime number if you intend to make an insurance claim.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

In article , Martin Brown
writes
Might be worth ringing 101 as you will likely find they have done the
entire street or neighbourhood. Have you checked you garage/toolshed?


Oh - I read this the first time as that you were implying that he might
have put the statue in the shed and forgotten it
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Martin
writes
The sort of thing that happens in our household. :-)
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Martin



Oh glad that it's not just me!
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Janet Tweedy

In article , Martin
writes
I didn't mention car keys, house keys, TV controllers and
spectacles.We searched the garden, the garage, and the house from top
to bottom, for a missing front door key and gave up. The key was left
in the lock on the outside of the front door.


Oh done that. I lose reading glasses all the time then suddenly find
about 6 pairs.
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Janet Tweedy

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:10:12 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Martin
writes
I didn't mention car keys, house keys, TV controllers and
spectacles.We searched the garden, the garage, and the house from top
to bottom, for a missing front door key and gave up. The key was left
in the lock on the outside of the front door.


Oh done that. I lose reading glasses all the time then suddenly find
about 6 pairs.

Worse still, I have found reading glasses, that don't belong to
anybody in our household.

Oh noooooooooo a burglar has been coming to read your books!!
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http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-10-12 20:03:51 +0100, Martin said:

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:10:12 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

We haven't had false teeth yet but the Tea Room, over the last 3 years,
has collected a rather good leather handbag, several pairs of sun glasses,
2 pairs of reading glasses, a couple of coats, a cashmere sweater, several
scarves, a baby's bottle, a baby's cup, a child's tricycle, a backpack
thing you carry a child in and a unicycle and coat (those 3 were picked up
later that day), a little pouch holding some lead soldiers, 3 walking
sticks, a pair of NHS elbow support crutches, umpteen single earrings
except the one I lost dammit, a child's buggy, also collected that day,
several wallets always returned finally to a panicking owner, 3 mobile
phones and one set of house & car keys. To my real chagrin nobody has left
behind a Mac laptop! ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/


In summer 2005 we found a ladies straw hat in the outside loo after a garden
open day, put it a bag in the utility room to await collection. found it
again in 2011 while remodeling the kitchen and utility, it went over to the
barn with the rest of the junk, this summer in June (2012) a Lady fetched up
and asked if we had found it!
That's what you call memory, me I can never find anything that's why I leave
everything out on view :~)


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes
We haven't had false teeth yet but the Tea Room, over the last 3 years,
has collected a rather good leather handbag, several pairs of sun
glasses, 2 pairs of reading glasses, a couple of coats, a cashmere
sweater, several scarves, a baby's bottle, a baby's cup, a child's
tricycle, a backpack thing you carry a child in and a unicycle and coat
(those 3 were picked up later that day), a little pouch holding some
lead soldiers, 3 walking sticks, a pair of NHS elbow support crutches,
umpteen single earrings except the one I lost dammit, a child's buggy,
also collected that day, several wallets always returned finally to a
panicking owner, 3 mobile phones and one set of house & car keys. To my
real chagrin nobody has left behind a Mac laptop! ;-)


Wot, no cuddly toy?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Martin
writes
He was sure that the guy
working in the cafe had taken it, but could prove nothing.


Someone tried to take my sisters purse in the Metro on train in Paris.
She realised and actually swung round and knocked him out Cheers from
French co-passengers
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:56:44 +0200, Martin wrote:



We left a bag with passports, plane tickets and an expensive camera on
a seat outside a cafe in Greece, we had driven some distance before we
realised. We turned around went back and the bag was still on the
chair. A friend left a camera in a bag under a seat outside a cafe in
Versailles. He went back within minutes and the camera had gone. It
was late at night, the street was empty. He was sure that the guy
working in the cafe had taken it, but could prove nothing.

On a day trip to France many years ago a friend lost her Handbag
somewhere in Cherbourg, what made it awkward to report the loss was
that she should not have been in the Country . We didn't know until we
were aboard the outbound ferry that at the time Maltese nationals
needed a Visa for France ,the lass had a Maltese passport despite
having lived in the UK since she was a child. Her Cousin who looked
very much like her was traveling with her British husband on their
joint passport ,a degree of planned fumbling by those on one side of
the coach delayed the French official on one side whilst the couple
were checked on the other and once checked the joint passport was
swiftly conjured across to the single girl. When the official on that
side reached here he believed she was traveling without her husband,
that meant she was not left alone on the ferry all day. So not being
able to report the loss she was a bit upset but was amazed that 15
min's into the return journey was called to the reception desk where
she was reunited with her bag. A kind person had found it on the back
of a chair in a Cafe and after a quick look inside deduced it belonged
to somebody from England,they also made a guess that the person would
be catching a Ferry to England shortly so took it straight to the
ferry company office in time for it to be sent on board. That seemed a
pretty decent thing to do.
The person was anonymous so a thank you letter was written ,translated
and with the help of a journalist friend sent to a local newspaper in
the town to be published.

G.Harman

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 9:31:59 AM UTC+1, Rob wrote:
A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.

Is there any

point in calling the Police ?

You never know what they might come across when on another case


NT

Rob wrote in :

A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.
Is there any
point in calling the Police ?


There is a good chance that you are not alone with this theft.
Call the police on Tel.No.101

http://tinyurl.com/9jtp6tx

It works so many times and lets get the scroates locked up.

Baz

On 07/10/2012 13:32, Baz wrote:
Rob wrote in :

A rather elegant Bird Bath/Statue was stolen from the garden last night.
Is there any
point in calling the Police ?


There is a good chance that you are not alone with this theft.
Call the police on Tel.No.101

http://tinyurl.com/9jtp6tx

It works so many times and lets get the scroates locked up.

Baz

I'd also report it to the Police, at least it alerts them to the type of
thing being nicked in their area.