Convicted burglar interview-(480p)

Cambridge Constabulary's interview with a convicted burglar from Peterborough

Transcript

00:00 I'm a convicted burglar from Cambridgeshire. I've just recently got out from prison for

00:13 serving a seven year sentence.

00:14 Depending on the location, usually I'll pick a detached house, so you've got less chance

00:29 of people hearing you if you break a window. An end house, so you've got 50% less chance

00:34 of someone hearing you. A house which is covered by trees, so you're not going to get seen

00:39 as much.

00:47 If it was open view, if it was a quiet residential area, so if you smash the window it could

00:53 be easily heard. If there's people about, to get in and out of the property as quick

01:07 as possible. To get into the main bedroom, because you know that's where the main jewellery

01:15 or money will be left in the house, it's usually in the main bedroom of a house.

01:28 To leave a TV on, to leave a light on. A burglar, to have a burglar alarm and make sure that

01:36 the light on the burglar alarm is flashing. I never used to do burglars with a burglar

01:40 alarm. Just to make it look like someone is in the property and that will put a burglar

01:46 off from entering the property nine times out of ten.

01:53 I've just served a long prison sentence for committing burglaries. I've just spent a long

02:01 time in jail, I've realised that the hurt and pain I've caused my victims. I've been

02:09 a victim of burglary myself, it's not a nice thing. I feel ashamed, there's not a day that

02:17 goes by when I don't think of my victims and there's more to life than committing burglaries.

02:29 I'm actually in the process of trying to do that, I'm going to write a letter to my victims,

02:37 apologising to them and hopefully put their mind at ease, to let them know that the reason

02:41 I did my burglaries was for drugs and not to hurt them.

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