Comments on: The purse theft http://kyber.co.uk/blog/thepursetheft/ if you are not confused, you are misinformed Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kyber http://kyber.co.uk/blog/thepursetheft/comment-page-1/#comment-45 kyber Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:18:53 +0000 http://kyber.co.uk/?p=231#comment-45 <p>My wife waited until she and my daughter got home before reporting the incident to the police. We just wanted the matter on record in case of identity theft problems later and also just in case the information was of any value to the police in spotting a particular trend/gang at work.</p> <p>The Met police offer a useful form on their website to submit details of small incidents such as this.</p> <p>The impressive thing was that within hours of submission, a police officer phoned my wife to check everyone was okay, confirm details, ask a few more questions. He spoke our daughter and got a description from her. He asked if any support was needed (no, but it was nice to be asked).</p> <p>As my wife was in the loo at the time of the crime and my daughter did not actually see who took the purse, they are not in a position to provide firm evidence should someone be apprehended for this or related crimes.</p> <p>The office advised that this kind of crime is very common. People, especially tourists, are often targetted in coffee shops and the like. He said to take it as a lesson.</p> <p>He is right. It is very very hard to stop this kind of crime. At lest no one was hurt and nothing of value was lost. £30 is not the cheapest lesson we could have had but, more importantly, it is not the most expensive either.</p> My wife waited until she and my daughter got home before reporting the incident to the police. We just wanted the matter on record in case of identity theft problems later and also just in case the information was of any value to the police in spotting a particular trend/gang at work.

The Met police offer a useful form on their website to submit details of small incidents such as this.

The impressive thing was that within hours of submission, a police officer phoned my wife to check everyone was okay, confirm details, ask a few more questions. He spoke our daughter and got a description from her. He asked if any support was needed (no, but it was nice to be asked).

As my wife was in the loo at the time of the crime and my daughter did not actually see who took the purse, they are not in a position to provide firm evidence should someone be apprehended for this or related crimes.

The office advised that this kind of crime is very common. People, especially tourists, are often targetted in coffee shops and the like. He said to take it as a lesson.

He is right. It is very very hard to stop this kind of crime. At lest no one was hurt and nothing of value was lost. £30 is not the cheapest lesson we could have had but, more importantly, it is not the most expensive either.

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