I feel saddened by the number of posts in our community Facebook groups about people’s cars and other possessions being stolen by people breaking into their homes.
It was 4 weeks ago now that I woke up one beautiful Thursday morning, stumbled out of bed wiping the sleep from my eyes on the way to my coffee machine to discover a bunch of cupboards open.
I noticed my housemate’s bedroom door was closed and locked, despite her being away on a trip to Brisbane at the time. I assumed she must have come home during the night, so I inspected further out the back of our house and a window had been ripped out. My first thought – “oh no the poor thing got home and couldn’t find her keys, so she’d broken in”.
I was sorely mistaken.
Upon further inspection her room was in ruins, things strewn across the room and some expensive personal items missing. But strangely enough, other expensive items that were larger than the laptop or drone taken remained untouched. Not only did it confirm that we were broken into while I lay asleep in my own bedroom but also that their intended target was most likely my car keys. Everything else seemed to be an opportunistic cash grab.
I’ve never been more grateful for my extra cautious grandmother that day who was always telling me to take my handbag and keys into my room at night in case someone was to break in.
I’m still dealing with the feeling of being so grossly violated while home alone, fearing all the bumps in the night and the weird feminine energy this event put my usually independent self in to – I now find myself wanting a man around, should it happen again.
I don’t know what the solution is here, but it feels like it’s becoming more frequent and in areas we don’t often see as much crime in our city.
Lock up and take extra precautions to be safe guys.
Kaley
