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'I told police who my burglar was - but they did nothing'
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I had pretty much the same experience with a burglary back in 2010. I told the police the identity of the person who had almost certainly done it, but - well, it was Christmas and the detective assigned to our case had gone on annual leave at that point, so... well, fuck all really.
Same same
I heard a mate was going out on the piss, so I just asked him to keep an eye out for anyone selling an iPhone in a yellow case. It was stolen from my house the day before, 12 days before Xmas.
He rang me the next day and said he was offered said iPhone in the pub, and even went to their house where he saw more of my stuff.
Told the cops and they said they would have to talk to my mate. My mate is a bit dodgy and wouldn't go near a copper, so they just ignored the lead I had for them and shrugged.
I nearly got my big mates together to go down there myself, but that's vigilantism and I'm a shit legs.
Anyway, the cops were useless, and that was a decade ago, and it's slid since then.
had similar in the states. it was our neighbors of the time.