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Car driven off by burglars
5:00am Thursday 11th October 2012 in News
By Emma Streatfield, Senior Reporter
Car driven off by burglars
A THIEF has taken a £75,000 new car after stealing its keys from inside a house.
The car keys were taken from a table near the front door along with a wallet during a burglary on Balmoral Way, Rownhams, and then the thief stole the white Mercedes C63, new this year, which was on the driveway.
It is believed that entry was gained using a special device to hook through the letterbox and open the door while the family slept.
There were another two cars on the driveway but these were not taken.
The wallet contained £80 cash and some cards.
Call DC Abbie Leeson at Eastleigh Police on 101 if you saw anything between 9pm on Tuesday and 6.10am yesterday.
Comments(5)
CEH393
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8:59am Thu 11 Oct 12
Huey wrote:Carefull you will be a suspect with information like that...... :-)
It is believed that entry was gained using a special device to hook through the letterbox and open the door while the family slept.
That'll be a fishing rod, then.
Huey
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9:20am Thu 11 Oct 12
CEH393 wrote:It's been going on for years.
Huey wrote:Carefull you will be a suspect with information like that...... :-)
It is believed that entry was gained using a special device to hook through the letterbox and open the door while the family slept.
That'll be a fishing rod, then.
Often at car hire places, someone returns a car when the office is closed and posts the keys through the letter box, someone else turns up with a rod, hooks the keys, and drives off.
Now it has spread to homes because modern cars are nearly impossible to steal without the keys.
Pretty silly to have a car worth that much, looking that flash, on your driveway and leaving your keys by the front door.
If you have that much money for the car, where is your secure garage?
Be security minded as there are some real low lifes out there.
Georgem
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10:34am Thu 11 Oct 12
Huey wrote:That's not what happened here. They used a "special device" to open the door. The keys were still in plain sight, but there's arguments for and against that. Sure, it makes it easier for a thief to steal the car, but it also makes it easier for a thief to steal the car without attacking the family to get the keys.
It is believed that entry was gained using a special device to hook through the letterbox and open the door while the family slept.
That'll be a fishing rod, then.
S!monOn
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11:50am Thu 11 Oct 12
Georgem wrote:Maybe homeowners should lock their front doors with a key, but again there are arguments for and against that too.
Huey wrote: It is believed that entry was gained using a special device to hook through the letterbox and open the door while the family slept. That'll be a fishing rod, then.That's not what happened here. They used a "special device" to open the door. The keys were still in plain sight, but there's arguments for and against that. Sure, it makes it easier for a thief to steal the car, but it also makes it easier for a thief to steal the car without attacking the family to get the keys.
Yes - it makes it harder to get in, but it also delays exit in an emergency.
Huey says...
8:56am Thu 11 Oct 12
That'll be a fishing rod, then.