burglary even when you have an alarm?

cyclonebri1

keystone wrote: »

Can I have my hook back please? There is a substantial difference between housebreaking and burglary. You are right [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] concerning the latter and wrong [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] concerning the former.

Cheers.

As you know I don't usually do subtle.
If someone enters a house uninvited and nicks your plasma (he'd be a fool), in my view he's a thief/burglar/housebreaker. Ask any victim, it doesn't change the end result whatever you call them.

I couldn't get "thieving ba**ards that should have their kn**kers ripped off" past the swear filter.:o

mttylad

I had an alarm, a very loud sounder.

I had a very solid back door with added sheets or ply for extra security.
However I returned home to find the front door had been kicked open, the alarm had gone off but was ignored, the back door had been stripped but was too solid.

The moral of this is beef up your security, an alarm is an after the act thing and these days only really any good when you have a monitoring contract.