[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Tom.

I'm not saying that at all, noone deserves to be broken into but if you don't maintain or improve your security then its going to happen sooner or later. You'll always maintain or improve fire alarms etc so its just the same kind of thing. If you repeatedly get broken into and haven't done anything about it then maybe its time to do something. Its like fat people wondering why they aren't losing weight whilst eating KFC

And what if you cant afford to 'do something about it'? Not everyone can afford to go out and upgrade their whole house, especially after a burglary.

Surely locking your windows and doors should be enough security. And if it happens again and again, the police should have done something. As it happens, he got no help, so took his own security measures.

And I bet hes had no breakins since then. And other people were saved from having breakins because one of the hardcore burglars died. So it clearly worked.