What is a man doing up a ladder outside my bedroom window

RAS

Have you reported this to the police yet? Both of you (so it counts as two crimes)?

yvonne13_2

RAS wrote: »

Have you reported this to the police yet? Both of you (so it counts as two crimes)?

My neighbour called as he's our coordinator of the neighbourhood watch scheme. I just told them what happened and showed them where on my property the man was and they knocked on a couple of doors.

Mojisola

yvonne13 wrote: »

I just got home early from work to catch a man at my bedroom window. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was cleaning my windows, when I asked him where his bucket was he said the owner had gone inside to fetch him some water, when I pointed out I was the owner he made his escape.

I'm going to tell my neighbours when they get in, but is there anything more I can do?

I'd have been on the phone to the police while he was still up the ladder and got a photo of him and any vehicle he had, too.

RAS

yvonne13 wrote: »

My neighbour called as he's our coordinator of the neighbourhood watch scheme. I just told them what happened and showed them where on my property the man was and they knocked on a couple of doors.

The way the poliuce work, if there is one report of several crimes, they take less action than when they get multiple reports for the same number of crimes, so you need to ring them.

Als, you saw this bloke not your neighbours, so the police need to speak to you not the neighbour.

Do it now, or he will be back next time he can find another lot of ladders.

sussexchick

This has bought back a childhood memory for me - man up ladder at back of house 'washing windows'. The imagine still haunts me to this day.

I hope you are ok though ? How awful for you. In hindsight I bet you wished you'd given them ladders a push and a wobble ? Thieving little toe rag. Hope he peers in the wrong bedroom window next time to see a 20 stone man staring back !!!

flower24

this would really freak me out definitely ring the police station

luxor4t

My window cleaner says that nobody questions a man up a ladder with a bucket - even if he is using the ladder to climb over the back gate!

(he carries company ID and has copies of contracts with clients in the van btw).