Theft Warning of tools, plant & equipment....

Hayter -Pro (silver) stolen out of my trailer , outside my house as i was around garden/jeep/garage ,

TODAY 6pm- Broad daylight... residential local neighbourly street in market town.

Dont lose sight of your KIT - ANYWHERE .... 30seconds - ITS GONE.

this is my 7th incident involving garages/ jeep break in/ van / trailer or theft of site in a town. in 10years.

Luckily a bit of detective work initially and knowing a few local addicts helped me locate it within 10 mins. found bungee/ then followed roller marks on grass round the flats across the road: and then the thief i followed whilst on 999 to police- within 3hrs thief & person harbouring stolen mower were 'Both' locked up. statements given , updates to me on phone to confirm also.

DIAL 999 ask for POLICE do not hesitate.

I spoke to the guy in his new 13 plate nissan who was called to come and 'buy' it... Bad timing MR !! (a 66? year old man on disability) !

gave him a piece of my mind i did - SAD , SHAMEFUL MAN..

ALSO - Don't buy any piece of Dodgy kit (however small) ,its really just not worth getting locked up for....

LOCK, SECURE, HIDE, COVER, INSURE, CAMERA'S, LIGHTS, GARAGE ALL YOUR KIT.

yup, if the politicians really thought burglary, theft, robbery and the rest were a problem, it would get dealt with - a lowlife broke into a friends garage, nicked his bike (and did half a dozen other garages in the same street on the same night). he got caught doing something else a while later and admitted a string of crimes (because he knew he would not get punished for them and they would be spent) he refused to name his accomplices as well. these vermin earn a lot more than we do for their efforts and with little risk

briggsandscrapem said:

We had two long reach hedge cutters and a heavy duty d handled strimmer stolen last week, the thieves had scaled some tall electric gates to get to them on a secure site. They even used their own van to take them away but the witness that took the reg number didn't want to make a statement to the police so nothing could be done.
I don't even get angry about it anymore, iv'e given up !
We obviously live in a society where this kind of behavior is accepted otherwise something would be done about it. I'd love to see the politicians, civil servants and legal profession etc having to work their nuts off for a gardeners wage then watch as its stolen off them.

Replies

David Cox May 17, 2013 at 8:30am

Good you got the scroats well done, glad you got your property back.
Graeme @ BGS May 17, 2013 at 12:07pm

Good work Robin on getting it back and yes don't buy any second hand equipment unless the person selling can prove they own it.
I just wish I could get my gear back, the police have hinted they knew who turned us over but can't take any further action until they get more proof, however the gear has probably all been sold on for pennies in the pound! Don't think I will see £6K of my gear again.
Simply Business May 17, 2013 at 1:26pm

Great advice, glad to hear you got it all back. :)
Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 18, 2013 at 9:19pm

Tthanks Mr.Cox (Dave)

David Cox said:

Good you got the scroats well done, glad you got your property back.
Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 18, 2013 at 9:21pm

When was this G? did i miss something.? we really need to have camers,lights , locks & be out of site storage .

Graeme @ BGS said:

Good work Robin on getting it back and yes don't buy any second hand equipment unless the person selling can prove they own it.
I just wish I could get my gear back, the police have hinted they knew who turned us over but can't take any further action until they get more proof, however the gear has probably all been sold on for pennies in the pound! Don't think I will see £6K of my gear again.
Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 18, 2013 at 9:21pm

Thanks , Dave, Yes, !

David Buxton said:

Great advice, glad to hear you got it all back. :)
Pete the Gardener May 19, 2013 at 8:12am

That's lucky you got it back, but still it's your time that's been wasted and you certainly don't need the stress of it either.
Glad you got it back though.
briggsandscrapem May 19, 2013 at 10:05am

We had two long reach hedge cutters and a heavy duty d handled strimmer stolen last week, the thieves had scaled some tall electric gates to get to them on a secure site. They even used their own van to take them away but the witness that took the reg number didn't want to make a statement to the police so nothing could be done.
I don't even get angry about it anymore, iv'e given up !
We obviously live in a society where this kind of behavior is accepted otherwise something would be done about it. I'd love to see the politicians, civil servants and legal profession etc having to work their nuts off for a gardeners wage then watch as its stolen off them.
Graeme @ BGS May 19, 2013 at 5:04pm

End of January.

I now have 24/7 CCTV. Funny thing was, the police saw the German Sheppard who now lives within striking distance of the vans and I was firmly advised to put up a "beware of the Guard Dog" sign and also that they are being monitored!!! Or I could be the one being in trouble!!

Gardens4u.co.uk said:

When was this G? did i miss something.? we really need to have camers,lights , locks & be out of site storage .

Graeme @ BGS said:

Good work Robin on getting it back and yes don't buy any second hand equipment unless the person selling can prove they own it.
I just wish I could get my gear back, the police have hinted they knew who turned us over but can't take any further action until they get more proof, however the gear has probably all been sold on for pennies in the pound! Don't think I will see £6K of my gear again.
Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk May 22, 2013 at 10:27pm

yup, if the politicians really thought burglary, theft, robbery and the rest were a problem, it would get dealt with - a lowlife broke into a friends garage, nicked his bike (and did half a dozen other garages in the same street on the same night). he got caught doing something else a while later and admitted a string of crimes (because he knew he would not get punished for them and they would be spent) he refused to name his accomplices as well. these vermin earn a lot more than we do for their efforts and with little risk

briggsandscrapem said:

We had two long reach hedge cutters and a heavy duty d handled strimmer stolen last week, the thieves had scaled some tall electric gates to get to them on a secure site. They even used their own van to take them away but the witness that took the reg number didn't want to make a statement to the police so nothing could be done.
I don't even get angry about it anymore, iv'e given up !
We obviously live in a society where this kind of behavior is accepted otherwise something would be done about it. I'd love to see the politicians, civil servants and legal profession etc having to work their nuts off for a gardeners wage then watch as its stolen off them.