[Mark]

Some of you might remember earlier this year my house got burgled while I was out one night, where they took phone/laptop/passport and anything else they could take. I couldn't claim insurance on it all and was out of pocket for a lot of money.

Well since then I've moved house, to a more residential area (right next to a school too) and woke up this morning to find the back door open, and the house been robbed. They stole my xbox360+accessories and my really expensive laptop. Total estimate of stuff lost is £2000. The sick thing is we were all sleeping in the house, and my room is next to the lounge (where my laptop and xbox were). I heard a bang in the night but just assumed it was one of my housemates -- I guess it wasnt

They also took the power cord of my TV which was very weird

Forensics came and found a fingerprint on the TV screen, which is unlikely to be mine as its a plasma, and with plasmas you must never touch the screen.... so whenever I've moved the tv before I use it by the edges. Police said the fingerprint on the screen most likely is the robbers. Oxford police said they are currently trying to find a robber who's been targeting houses around this area lately, and this fingerprint could be a big break.

Fortunately (if that can be the case) a few days ago I wanted to play on the Wii while house mates were watching TV, so I moved it into my room -- usually it's kept right next to the xbox. So lucky they didn't get that!

Now I just have to go through the rigorous process of trying to claim off the insurance... I'm sure they aren't going to be happy having to pay out for the 2nd time this year

The annoying thing now is the robbers have been in my house, they have seen whats in the lounge that they didn't take (because they couldn't carry it), but perhaps could over Xmas when it's obvious that students go home they could strike again knowing they have a lot of time, and could come with more than 1 person. Theres my massive 52" plasma, huge surround sound speaker system, the stereo connected to it all and loads of other electrical items. So I guess I'm going to have to find a place to hide them all :/

ps. I'm already planning a home-alone style, booby trapping of my house over xmas. I'm no McCauley Culkin, but I'm sure I can rig some stuff together lol. joke of course.... or maybe not

I'm planning on going around the 2nd hand computer shops and pawn shops in the next few days to see if anyones tried to flog any of my stuff.

Sucks right

- Mark