Police called to nine burglaries in 48 hours

9:29am Friday 8th February 2013 in News

NINE burglaries have been reported to police in 48 hours - the amount usually seen in a week.

Houses were targeted in Ross Road and Walnut Tree Avenue in Hereford, Clehonger, Llangarron, Weston under Penyard and Upton Bishop at the start of this week.

Sean Paley, detective chief inspector for Herefordshire, said that from experience, burglars often live reasonably close to their victims and work a local patch.

He said: “They will return to or near to properties they have already broken into, so please bear this in mind if you live in any of the neighbourhoods where these recent burglaries have taken place.

“We have had as many burglaries reported to us in two days as we typically see over the space of a week. Obviously this increase is a concern to us and officers will leave no stone unturned in finding those responsible for these offences."

Witnesses should call 0300 333 3000 with any information.

Comments(10)

Ubique5740 says...
11:08am Fri 8 Feb 13

Alway a terrible experience for the householder and for that I am sorry.

Only a short time ago the Police were blowing their trumpet stating that house burglaries were on the decrease. At the time I thought that statement will come back to bit them . Hope they don't blame the cuts for this.

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swampy says...
11:15am Fri 8 Feb 13

I work in a Hereford city shop and most days we have shoplifters in, we don't even bother to call the Police anymore.
Not long ago you would see them walking around. Its a sad state this Country has become.

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Ubique5740 says...
11:24am Fri 8 Feb 13

Swampy, now we know why the crime figures are down. I respect why your store do what they do. Far easier to kick the offender in the round objects and tell him that he is banned from your shop. The only problem is that he/she will tell their fellow thieves that your shop does nothing except as above if they are caught.
Perhaps the Store/Shops association, if there is one, should be shouting from the back of the Hereford Bull the failings of the local constabulary.

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bobby47 says...
5:15pm Fri 8 Feb 13

Good grief! I was burgled some four months ago. Mind you, when I report I was burgled, it was in fact the house in which I live that was broken into rather than me personally.
I mean, if it had have been me that had been entered without my consent then it wouldn't be burglary. It would be an entirely different form of illicit activity.
Anyway, I've gone off at a tangent. It's taken me and the wife a long time to come to terms with this burglary, a lot of expense in securing our home and the comforting knowledge that whoever did this to me was a stranger and the act of tippy toeing into my home and stealing my valuables was a random act and not personal.
Now Im bloody being told that the person who probably did this to me and my wife lived just around the bloody corner and they may well come back again and do it again.
Sweet Loving Jesus I didn't want to hear this. I didn't want to think they lived a stones bloody throw from my house.
Stupidly, I wanted to believe they were strangers and my home had been picked out at random.
Now, thanks to this good Officer, I now know it could be me bloody neighbour who's been watching my movements for ages and may come back and do it to me a again.
Thanks a bloody bunch!

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sutton11 says...
5:22pm Fri 8 Feb 13

Dont blame the man - the truth hurts at times and sadly its true - we were burgled and the person who did it lived around the corner and he was also not a "career criminal" (dont want to sound posh but I dont live in a rough area of Hereford).

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silentbull says...
10:29am Sat 9 Feb 13

Its not the Police that's the problem its the people who Havnt a clue about what's going on, the people that are stuck behind their desks all day every day that just look at figures on sheets of paper and then at least once a month orders somebody to announce a statement saying "don't worry everything is fine, its not as bad has it seems you can sleep easy at night because we are working hard to catch these criminals and put them away for a very long long time"(sound familiar ??).
I had my car vandalised a couple of years back and the Police were great, we had witnesses a footprint was taken from the car and the person that did it was caught within 4 days.
I then had a valuation done of my car and it would've cost me over a thousand pounds to get it fixed, handed the quote in then found out afew days later that the Pratt only got ordered to pay £200 spread over 14months ???
Is it any wonder that people can say and do whatever they want without any fear
JUSTICE IS A JOKE!!!

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Gillian1961 says...
10:49pm Sun 10 Feb 13

Well at last the police are doing some work is it because the council tax is going up in April or Mr longford is doing his job Answers on a postcard please

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swampy says...
9:57am Mon 11 Feb 13

Ubique5740 I would just like to say I am not the manager so not me decision not to call the Police. Last week I saw also saw drugs being exchanged not far from Tescos in the city centre.

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littlewhitebull says...
1:00pm Mon 11 Feb 13

My heartfelt sympathies for those who have had their homes violated by these criminals.
I hope that the perpetrators are caught and punished.
You may remember the story of a burglar set free by a judge because the judge claimed burglars have “courage”. This was in September 2012, when Judge Peter Bowers let “serial intruder” Richard Rochford free from court, even though the criminal was facing a two and a half year prison sentence.
Judge Peter Bowers stated that prison did little good for anyone and acknowledged he would be 'pilloried' for his decision to let Richard Rochford go free after he admitted to a string of burglaries.
The judge decided against custody, as Rochford’s previous prison sentence harmed him after he became addicted to a heroin treatment drug.
The judge said: 'It takes a huge amount of courage as far as I can see for somebody to burgle somebody’s house. I wouldn’t have the nerve. Yet somehow, bolstered by drugs and desperation, you were prepared to do that.”
As you might expect, this case caused outrage. The judge was eventually called before his “bosses” almost three months later (quite speedy for the law?) and was given a “formal reprimand”.
It was stated that: “The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice considered his comments to have damaged public confidence in the judicial process.”
This may explain why some in society
have little sympathy with the judicial process.

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TwoWheelsGood says...
6:23pm Mon 11 Feb 13

Who cares if prison 'does little good for anyone' as declared by the judge? I don't. Having been burgled some years ago, almost certainly by a neighbour who was watching to see when we would be out, if the scumbag/s that did it were locked up then they wouldn't be doing it to anyone else. Its as simple as that. No one was brought to book by the way.

Those inside who are receptive to rehabilitation will take it and its right that it should be available. Those that aren't can just rot until they're let out - while they're inside, we can rest a little easier. Clearly the judge has never been burgled.

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