Mum was burgled last night. She called to tell me all about it first thing this morning and nearly gave me a heart attack in the process. It wasn't that I was surprised at her sangfroid - after all, this is the woman who once saw off an armed would-be robber simply by pointing to her open mouth and telling him all the money she made went in there - but she's so much frailer now, and if I think of what could have happened...
The way she tells it, she had just turned in for the night when her bedroom window was forced open and she heard someone trying to climb through, so she threw the light switch and scared them off. She then called the police, who took her statement and provisionally mended her window; after which she went back to bed and "slept like a baby".
Mum lives in a ground floor flat in a rejuvenated part of an inner city neighbourhood. I've never been entirely comfortable with her choosing to move there, even if I have to agree with her that her flat is really nice, all light and spacious, with a little garden at the back - but it doesn't change the fact that the neighbourhood just isn't a good one. And, as it turns out, not a safe one, either.
The way she tells it, she had just turned in for the night when her bedroom window was forced open and she heard someone trying to climb through, so she threw the light switch and scared them off. She then called the police, who took her statement and provisionally mended her window; after which she went back to bed and "slept like a baby".
Mum lives in a ground floor flat in a rejuvenated part of an inner city neighbourhood. I've never been entirely comfortable with her choosing to move there, even if I have to agree with her that her flat is really nice, all light and spacious, with a little garden at the back - but it doesn't change the fact that the neighbourhood just isn't a good one. And, as it turns out, not a safe one, either.
Page Summary
enigmaticblues : (no subject) [+1] - dalmeny : (no subject) [+1]
- soundingsea : (no subject) [+1]
- desdemonaspace : (no subject) [+1]
- empresspatti : (no subject) [+1]
- deborahw37 : (no subject) [+1]
- bogwitch : (no subject) [+1]
- curiouswombat : (no subject) [+1]
- suze2000 : (no subject) [+1]
- meko00 : (no subject) [+4]
- janedavitt : (no subject) [+1]
Comments
...plus, a determined burglar will always find a way, won't they?
Edited at 2013-04-15 08:21 am (UTC)
I get wanting to be on the ground floor, and having a patio, but for any single woman, it's not the safest.
Mum ended her story by mentioning she'd been to a police information evening the week before, convened precisely because of the recent increase in the number of burglaries in the area...and that her next door neighbour's been burgled twice in the last twelvemonth! These were things she never told me before, and now I'm doubly worried...
This is me hoping it never happens again.
Sounds like some kind of extra security for the windows would be good
Hope she remains okay.
Well, I can understand that: you wouldn't want to be facing a potential axe murderer in the all-together, now would you? If there's a chance you might die, better make sure you look your best! ;-)
I'm sure she will be. Knowing her, she'll be dining out on this story for years - or attempting to ;-)
Sounds like she handled it okay though, she just needs to secure the place a bit better. I am on her side though - if she remains unperturbed, there's no point trying to get her to move. *hugs*
My parents, who live in a good neighbourhood, were robbed at gunpoint in their home a few years ago due to one of them opening the door in good faith. Fortunately the only thing the robbers got away with in real property was an old laptop after my father told them they didn't have much of cash, and my parents weren't really physically harmed but I still shudder to think of what might have happpened.