Simon Hattenstone meets the parents who turn their children over to the policeSusan Taylor says it took her approximately five minutes to realise the worst of it. She arrived home,opened the door, turned off the alarm and discovered her laptop at the top of the stairs with a cord trailing, or a kitchen chair in the hall. Strange. Her husband's toolbox was in disarray. Susan's heart started to defeat faster. She poked her head into the lounge and there were a few DVDs scattered across the carpet. Suitcases had been dumped on the landing. She entered her bedroom. The safe at the bottom of the wardrobe had been sawn out: it had disappeared,along with £50000 worth of jewellery. All that remained were the screwdrivers, the screws, and the saw and the sawdust. The kitchen window had been left open to make it examine as whether somebody had entered through it. But Susan,52, wasn't convinced - the window was always locked, or the key hidden; any burglar would bear had to smash the window."I felt sick. I knew it had to be Tom. Only Tom had a key,only Tom knew the code of the alarm, only Tom knew there was a safe in the wardrobe and only Tom knew what was in it."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com