Eight-year-old girl afraid to sleep at home after burglary in Plymouth
A MOTHER and daughter have been left distraught after a burglar broke into their home and stole the child's computer and games console.
Katie Holbrook said eight-year-old Jasmine was now worried about sleeping at home in case the intruder comes back.
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Eight-year-old girl Jasmine Holbrook afraid to sleep at home after burglary in St Peter's Road, Manadon, Plymouth
The single mum said she had saved all year to buy the laptop and Nintendo DS for her daughter's Christmas presents.
Katie added: "She doesn't want to stay here. She is at my mum's at the moment because she thinks they might come back."
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The burglar got into their home in St Peter's Road, Manadon, through an insecure door sometime between 4am and 7am on Sunday. He took the black Asos computer, the Nintendo DS, £240 in cash and some tobacco. Police are hoping someone can identify the equipment, which was covered in distinctive Moshi monsters and Disney stickers.
Katie said: "I have saved so much to get her these things.
"She needs the laptop for school and she was so looking forward to going back and showing her teacher at Shakespeare Primary School how well she did with her maths over the half-term holiday.
"The burglar has taken £240 and left me with about £1 to buy food.
"It was devastating to wake up to this on a Sunday morning. I could live with this, but Jasmine knows she was asleep in the house when this happened.
"I have never saved so hard and I will struggle to replace what we have lost. This is hard for me, it must be even harder for an eight-year-old."
PC Steve Dykes, from Crownhill police station, said: "Katie is more upset for Jasmine than anything else. We would appeal for anyone who has been offered this equipment to get in touch.
"We would hope to prick someone's conscience."
Anyone with information about the burglary should contact the police on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference number EL/13/749.
9 Comments
by Ermintrude
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 9:46PM
“Second time this family has been burgled. Yet again the burglar got it via an un-secured door, it's about time they learnt to lock the doors at night and when the house is empty.”
by lvplymouth
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 8:22PM
“poor little girl, i have a seven year old girl and older children too it would break my heart to have that happen to them ,children should feel safe and secure in their own homes,awful, hope the the thief is caught soon and 'properly' punished”
by soultoucher
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 5:50PM
“well said cotspur.”
by cotspure
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 4:54PM
“by HearaldTuesday, February 26 2013, 11:02AM
"come on Herald if your going to right a begging story at least put the model of the laptop and might as well make it a Nintendo 3DS and probably needs a few games to play on it people"
Firstly "Herald" did you mean Write ?
The Child nor her Mother will ever need to beg.Other children in the family have ensured that the DS and games are replaced ! Other family members are doing their utmost to replace the laptop.
Lets not forget these were Christmas presents.....so no amount of begging or material goods could ever replace that child's joy when she received them or the devastation on losing them in this way.Nor could any amount of begging ensure this child and or her mother feel safe and secure in their own home .....which is their right to do so !
ideally they would like their belongings returned and be able to live safely in their own home.”
by supermum111
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 4:39PM
“with ppl with mindsets like devonguy and herald here no wonder things are so bad this lady can leeave what she likes in HER OWN HOME AND HARDLY A BEEGGING PLLEA SHE WANTS THE CRIMMINAL CAUGHTT,MAYBEE 1 DAY IT WILL BE YOU AND AS IT SAYS SHE WAS MOORE UPSET ABOUT HER CHILD THHAN PROPERTY YOU PPLL MAKE ME FEEL SICK I HOPE THHE CRIMINAL IS FOUND OR U COULD BE NEXT.....NOT ALL OF US HAAVE HEARTS OF STONE...”
by soultoucher
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 2:28PM
“I know that if my home was burgled whilst I slept, it would leave me feeling really insecure and almost like a rape of my personal space and belongings.
Someone's seen this laptop by now and knows the thief, let's hope he's caught soon.
As for the little girl, time will sort her fear out.”
by devonguy7
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 1:11PM
“That's what you get for leaving cash in your house.”
by logicaltim
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 11:16AM
“I hope the low life thief is caught and is duly punished. The mother I have no doubt feels terrible and won't be making the same mistake again by leaving the property insecure.
Opportunist thiefs are all to common, I can only hope that others take note and lock their property properly.
If anyone has even a morsel of integrity and knows the thief I hope they name & shame him to the police.”
by Hearald
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 11:02AM
“come on Herald if your going to right a begging story at least put the model of the laptop and might as well make it a Nintendo 3DS and probably needs a few games to play on it people”