{"id":88737,"date":"2007-04-15T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2007-04-15T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/to-beat-break-ins-ask-a-burglar\/"},"modified":"2018-05-19T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T05:03:21","slug":"to-beat-break-ins-ask-a-burglar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/to-beat-break-ins-ask-a-burglar\/","title":{"rendered":"To beat break-ins, ask a burglar"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNo one understands home security quite like a reformed criminal. Huma Qureshi met ex-villain Michael FraserWhen she was nine years old, Meera Aggarwal’s family home in the West Midlands was broken into. The thieves couldn’t find any valuables – so they slashed the sofas and mattresses, smashed the ornaments and took a meat cleaver to every wardrobe, cupboard and door instead.Meera, who is now 26, says: ‘They destroyed the house. The policeman said it was the worst robbery he had ever seen. Whoever did it must have been watching the house to see when we would leave. The idea of someone watching my family still scares the life out of me. They broke in through the landing window. To this day, I still can’t walk past the window in the dark.’ Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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