“molly. every comment i read on here from you is negative and never sympathetic...your comments are upsetting and dont do any good. u seem to me like a very miserable person who wants to bring everyone else down with you. to the people who lost all their precious things, i am really sorry and i hope they manage to catch these scabby little rats”

“Hello just a little word on what has been said, me and my wife have worked since we were sixteen i spent 12 years in the army and my wife sharon a carer for 5 yrs before she wanted to better herself with nursing which, i may add she worked part time through it for 3 yrs this was our first holiday since the comments of a few sewer rats sat behind a keyboard with nothing better to do than get wrapped up in there own self esteem disgusts me we have worked very hard for all our possesions and anyone who things you can go on holiday and put all you possesions in a box is ludicrous as for my young seven yr old who is now not sleeping i suppose you have a bitter and twisted opinon on his suffering before reading your nasty comments i had some faith in society but quite frankly you have put yourself in the same bracket has the scum who thought it is ok to invade peoples life with no consequence”

“Thank you for that vote of confidence Brian. I hope that you and yours will, just as we intend to.”

“judging by your comments you really must be a sad person Molly------ have a great weekend”

“If you chose to have valuable books paintings etc on display then you cannot expect then to be burglar proof unless you have secure doors and windows and a modest alarm system. The substantial use of upvc DG has made routine burglary more difficult and the lack of any market for used electrical and white goods makes the likely proceeds from an ordinary house barely worth the risks. We have window locks on old wooden sashes, a small well hidden and secured safe and have scanned all our important family photos so that if any thief was interested enough or if there was a fire then we could reprint from a cd rom kept by my son. We insure to the level we can afford and would try to replace chattels but then it would have to be some kind of fresh start. They days of Arthur Mee idealistic old English history books portraying a world of total honesty where some ditzy maiden could leave a jewelled bracelet on the branch of a tree and return to find it a decade later, never existed, and we have to live in the world as it is. Take pragmatic steps within your limits to protect what you can and take your chances with the rest of us. Brian, are yours first editions, or is the second hand book trade on an up?”

“Molly--I have a nice collection of hardback books should I lock these away ? I was always taught it you can`t afford it you cannot have it not go and rob someone you has got it !”

“A modest valuables safe which can be carefully placed and bolted to a concrete floor or wall and bought from the likes of Staples B&Q etc for less than £50 could easily have prevented this crime.”

“I have quite a few exspensive items molly .... ( evrything from tvs to musical instuments ) to many to mention but they add up to thousands . All worked hard for .Do you think I should not go on holiday now ? Or put everything into storage ? Or do you think that if the punishments for rats that scavenge off of others was severe enough then they might not do it ? .... Knowing you - you would be on the offenders side and not the honest decent hard working person .”

“If you have valuable items you must protect them.”

“10 grands worth!, i think if i had that much in the house i might be tempted to leave it somewhere safer, maybe like a large safe, or at least have a alarm system, plus if i had that much i wouldnt be living in ernesettle.”