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‘working together for the next three years to run free
crime prevention schemes for householders’
Brighouse-based Avocet Hardware has
called on Amazon to ban the sale of tools
specifically designed to assist in lock-snapping,
one of the major means of illegal entry
tried and found guilty of handling stolen
goods: one is on remand and the other
is on bail awaiting sentencing later this
month.
Gemma says: “I find myself walking
around when I take the kids out looking
at people and thinking ‘is it you, is it you
who burgled my house?’ They have been
through my house, they know exactly what
me and my kids look like. It’s horrible
sitting here on my own at night, it feels
eerie. The kids are also really insecure
about going to bed, they don’t feel safe.
Freya is really, really angry and won’t even
go upstairs on her own, none of them gets
much sleep because they can’t settle.”
Lorry driver Gavin returned from a
Valentine’s Day night out with his wife and
friends to find their home in Halifax had
been broken into. The intruders took a
laptop, iPad, nearly £1,000, and the family
car, which was later found dumped in
a field. The couple’s three-year-old son
and six-year-old daughter were at their
grandparents that night. Despite not
telling the children about the burglary
Gavin still worries that his eldest child
is feeling the knock-on effects of the
traumatic experience.
Gavin says: “My wife, who works at a
bank, broke down crying and had to take
the best part of a weeks’ sick leave. She’s
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too scared to sleep at night, so I try not
to work during the night anymore, which
has caused stress with my colleagues. We
told my daughter that our car broke down,
and that a tree smashed the conservatory
window. But since then she always tells us
to put the alarm on when we go out, which
she never did before. I’m sure she knows
what really happened, but so far is keeping
quiet about it.”
ADT and Victim Support have pledged
to work together for the next three years
through the Take No More campaign to
run free crime prevention schemes for
householders, increase awareness of
support services for burglary victims, and
campaign to ensure that those victims get
justice in court.
Visit www.victimsupport.org.uk/
takenomore or www.adt.co.uk/
takenomore for more information. Follow
the campaign on Twitter #TakeNoMore @
VictimSupport or @ADT_UK
• Ipsos MORI carried out the survey,
on behalf of ADT and Victim Support,
between 17 January and 27 February
2014. A sample of 1,000 British adults
aged 18+ completed an online survey,
having been recruited from the Ipsos
MORI online Panel. They were identified
as having previously experienced a
burglary or attempted burglary to
their home. An online survey was
carried out during the same period
of 53 young people who were present
during a burglary / attempted burglary.
Participants aged 11-17 were recruited
via their parent or carer who had taken
part in the main survey of adults.
• Estimate of the number children under
the age of 16 affected by burglary each
year. Based on data from the Crime
Survey for England and Wales, and the
2011 census.
• “CALL10 £10” text costs £10, plus your
standard network rate or “CALL10 £5”
text costs £5 plus your standard network.
Victim Support will receive 100% of your
donation. You must be 16 or over and
please ask the bill payer’s permission.
Victim Support is a registered charity,
number 298028.
Victim Support and ADT are working
together for the next three years to
run free crime prevention schemes for
householders, increase awareness of
support services for burglary victims and
campaign to ensure that those victims get
justice in court. Visit www.victimsupport.
org.uk/takenomore orwww.adt.co.uk/
takenomore for more information. Follow
the campaign on Twitter #TakeNoMore @
VictimSupport or @ADT_UK.
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