Have you been burgled??

Smidge · 12-02-2013 12:26AM #1

I thought I'd start this thread as I have heard of a lot of break ins in my area and also in areas where friends and family are.

We had our home broken into about 6 years ago and they took the dvd player(but left the remote

) and that was all they took.
But they left a hell of an aftermath(broken window etc)

So have you or a family member had your home/property broken into?

Were you at home?

Are break-ins on the increase according to boardsie's actual experiences?

Pilotdude5 · 12-02-2013 12:27AM

Nope. Woke up one morning and there was a few cattle grazing in the garden though.

branie · 12-02-2013 12:28AM

Thankfully, I've never had that experience

xLexie · 12-02-2013 12:29AM

Never been burgled but well prepared if anyone breaks in while someone's home

Kylo Ren · 12-02-2013 12:30AM

I was hamburgled by the hamburgler.

Smidge · 12-02-2013 12:31AM

Keno 92 wrote: »

I was hamburgled by the hamburgler.

Thanks for that "nugget" Ronald:D

My name is URL · 12-02-2013 12:32AM

Sort of, twice. Once by a badger and another time when my lawnmower was stolen from the garden.. Gardai refused to treat it as burglary on both occasions.

Smidge · 12-02-2013 12:36AM

A friend of mine(single mum) has been broken into twice in the last year.
Both times while she was at work and the kids were in school.
They took the kids things, clothes etc which I found really low.
I reckon it has to be someone local who knows she is on her own and that she is out at work.

admiralofthefleet · 12-02-2013 12:38AM

yes and the gardai didnt give a fiddlers fart.

fussyonion · 12-02-2013 12:40AM

Never but every night when I lay in bed I imagine I'm hearing noises and I'm terrified of being burgled. I feel much more relaxed if OH stays up late while I go to bed early. Have had this fear since I was a kid and it's worse when I go on holiday.

wandatowell · 12-02-2013 12:41AM

Thinking of getting myself an extendable baton as a means of protecting myself in case I catch the scum entering my house.

Not 100% sure on the legality of having one of those things tbh

Son Of A Vidic · 12-02-2013 12:42AM

Smidge wrote: »

Have you been burgled??

No, now stop typing and hand over the laptop ffs, I haven't got all night you know.

Rayne Wooney · 12-02-2013 12:43AM

wandatowell wrote: »

Thinking of getting myself an extendable baton as a means of protecting myself in case I catch the scum entering my house.

Not 100% sure on the legality of having one of those things tbh

Have you suddenly developed an urge to pick up clay pigeon shooting? A shotgun may come in handy for that...

Kerrigooney · 12-02-2013 12:44AM

Thankfully not but I live in the countryside and there's been a couple of burglaries in a 1 mile radius of my house over the last while.

I have a sword tho...

Smidge · 12-02-2013 12:45AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yes and the gardai didnt give a fiddlers fart.

Same thing here.
I know it was only a DVD player but it was the destruction they caused.
They threw a brick(very large one) through my back window, it hit the kitchen wall, smashed wall and floor tiles, broke the rad :mad:

The ban garda took information on what looked like a loose bookies docket!!!

Witchie · 12-02-2013 12:46AM

In the pub last nite and one of my mates got a call and went outside to talk. Came back in and said it was his sister on the phone telling him his parents house had been broken into while they were at the rugby. They left tvs and laptop but took jewellery including some pieces that were his dead grandmothers.

He was just glad no one was hurt.

ITS_A_BADGER · 12-02-2013 12:46AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Sort of, twice. Once by a badger and another time when my lawnmower was stolen from the garden.. Gardai refused to treat it as burglary on both occasions.

Look you have no proof on me, i thought we sorted this out?

Smidge · 12-02-2013 12:48AM

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Thankfully not but I live in the countryside and there's been a couple of burglaries in a 1 mile radius of my house over the last while.

I have a sword tho...

My break-in was in Dublin and I now live down the country.
I'm hearing of a local(ish)break in every week or so!

My name is URL · 12-02-2013 12:49AM

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

Look you have no proof on me, i thought we sorted this out?

It is you.. I seen you in a police lineup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

JJJJNR · 12-02-2013 12:51AM

Three of them tried to break in to my parents house and my dad opened the door to them, thankfully they ran off. He thought it was me coming home after a night on the beer.

Damn lucky

7 7 12 · 12-02-2013 12:51AM

I would stab the sh1te out of any f**ker who illegally sets foot in my house

Saint_Mel · 12-02-2013 12:56AM

Was burgled once when I lived in Dublin. Was about 12 or 14 years ago and was the most bizarre thing.

We never knew who the landlord was but was often told by taxi drivers that there was more of a chance seeing him on the news than in person. We had a number to ring if ever we needed anything!

Anyway, bank holiday weekend and a few of us were on the train heading away for a few days for the session. Train had just pulled out of the station when we got a call from the Gardai to say the house had been burgled.

Security lad in the place across the road spotted someone climbing in an upstairs window and called them. According to the Garda who rang, and I quote "we were all waiting at the front for the burglars to come out but we never realised they were able to get out the back door"

Rang the landlords "contact number" to say what happened and went back to Dublin the next day. Gardai came out to the house to check things out, and then on the Sunday got a call to say that all the things stolen from the house had been anonymously handed back in to station and were ready to be collected!

About 4 years ago some backstard robbed a camera and jacket out of my car on Christmas night when it was parked outside the house. Few cars in the estate, and neighboring estate were done.

Busted Flat. · 12-02-2013 12:57AM

38 years ago, my wife in hospital having our first child, had two bottles of whiskey in the house for the celebration of the birth in a few weeks time. Got home after the visit to the hospital, which I done every night after work. Went into the kitchen and in the middle of the floor a big ****, two bottles empty and the remains of their dinner left on the counter.
Called the Guardai they called, and they said that is the calling card of the Knackers. Nothing has changed, has it.

admiralofthefleet · 12-02-2013 12:58AM

Smidge wrote: »

Same thing here.
I know it was only a DVD player but it was the destruction they caused.
They threw a brick(very large one) through my back window, it hit the kitchen wall, smashed wall and floor tiles, broke the rad :mad:

The ban garda took information on what looked like a loose bookies docket!!!

what annoys me is the fact my grandmother was in the sitting room when they smased their way in through the kitchen window. the gardai didnt give a toss. it angers me when we read that alan shatter's house gets burgled and the gardai put a team on it. feck the taxpayers and look after the government minister that doesnt even have to pay the household charge or property tax

Pedro K · 12-02-2013 01:00AM

wandatowell wrote: »

Thinking of getting myself an extendable baton as a means of protecting myself in case I catch the scum entering my house.

Not 100% sure on the legality of having one of those things tbh

Baton that is extended by a flick of the wrist. Legal to own. Not legal to carry.

Smidge · 12-02-2013 01:00AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Was burgled once when I lived in Dublin. Was about 12 or 14 years ago and was the most bizarre thing.

We never knew who the landlord was but was often told by taxi drivers that there was more of a chance seeing him on the news than in person. We had a number to ring if ever we needed anything!

Anyway, bank holiday weekend and a few of us were on the train heading away for a few days for the session. Train had just pulled out of the station when we got a call from the Gardai to say the house had been burgled.

Security lad in the place across the road spotted someone climbing in an upstairs window and called them. According to the Garda who rang, and I quote "we were all waiting at the front for the burglars to come out but we never realised they were able to get out the back door"

Rang the landlords "contact number" to say what happened and went back to Dublin the next day. Gardai came out to the house to check things out, and then on the Sunday got a call to say that all the things stolen from the house had been anonymously handed back in to station and were ready to be collected!

About 4 years ago some backstard robbed a camera and jacket out of my car on Christmas night when it was parked outside the house. Few cars in the estate, and neighboring estate were done.

LOL

But as you say, very weird that the stuff was just "handed back"

dd972 · 12-02-2013 01:05AM

shouldn't this thread be in the LGBT forum ?

Amalgam · 12-02-2013 01:05AM

I met burglars. Me in bed, naked. They were armed. Not fun.

The event adrenalised me for months. Sleeping with a baseball bat. (don't laugh, under the covers..) Stacking items behind doors downstairs to create a commotion etc.. I'm not the same person. I can't wait for the days to get longer.

'Modern' burglars. Gold hunting. Sod everything else.

Kerrigooney · 12-02-2013 01:09AM

Smidge wrote: »

My break-in was in Dublin and I now live down the country.
I'm hearing of a local(ish)break in every week or so!

I live in west Sligo,it's pretty remote,nearest village is 6 miles away. Last November and start of December there was quite a few in the area. Seems there was a few lads coming up from Galway cos the cops chased them but lost them. A week later they were back and the cops chased them again but this time they crashed. The cops caught 1 of them that got stuck in the car but 2 got away. They'll probably be back.

There was a lot of people really scared at the time and it was horrible to see.
My wife got very paranoid and I had to put extra locks on the doors which sickened me because I've often gone to bed with the door unlocked and I've often left the keys in the car.

You wouldn't worry about it,you know?

Not any more....:(

Smidge · 12-02-2013 01:12AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

what annoys me is the fact my grandmother was in the sitting room when they smased their way in through the kitchen window. the gardai didnt give a toss. it angers me when we read that alan shatter's house gets burgled and the gardai put a team on it. feck the taxpayers and look after the government minister that doesnt even have to pay the household charge or property tax

I agree 100% there.
I'm a "young" person and was upset and nervous in the house after it.
Can only imagine how it would affect an elderly woman.
Must have been very frightening for her especially being home when it happened.

Busted Flat. · 12-02-2013 01:13AM

P Nally had the answer in Mayo. The violence stopped for several years.

Have you been burgled??

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