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Stolen memories raid heartbreak
Reporter: Andrew Rudkin
Date online: 31 January 2012
STAFF are urging thieves who ransacked their pre-school to hand over a memory card containing precious photographs of pupils.
A pink Fuji digital camera is missing from Bardsley Community Centre, home of Daisy Chain Pre-school.
Intruders smashed through doors and tore cupboard doors off their hinges in a burglary which also saw cash stolen from the office.
Daisy Chain assistant Jane Davison discovered the damage as she entered the Ashton Road building on Thursday morning.
She said: “We are not bothered about the other stuff, we are only asking for the memory card.
“The damage is quite bad and yes, we are missing money, but the camera has pictures from the children’s Christmas party.”
Jane added: “I just cannot understand why someone would target somewhere like this.
“We have had to stay closed until today because of the mess.”
Police believe the burglary happened between 8pm on Wednesday night and 8.30am on Thursday morning.
Anyone with information should call the new non-emergency police number 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Comments
I couldnt agree more with shaun mcgraths comment-perhaps a reward should be offered?
Oh dear cash & a memory card not in a safe? They only cost a few pounds for a basic one, and the data protection act places an onus on anyone storing data to take good care of it.
Forgive me for having a go at the victom, but when schools are so unreasonable at parents taking photos at sports days and nativity plays then they need to be whiter than white themselves.
In addition they should have backed the data up the failure or loss of a memory stick is common (remember the Grotton copper?)
This might be a bold prediction but I'd bet the culprits don't read the Chron.
Flake - you're point has some merit but a camera memory card and a policemans memory stick are not the same thing. We're talking about photos of a kiddies party hardly that has no value to anyone apart from the parents and the people that haev an emotional attachment to the children. Unlike a police memory stick with potentially valuable information on that criminals may find profitable use for.I think you're looking to provoke a reaction. You woudln't expect a pre school nursery to be a target
Cant undersand why the memory card wasnt taken home with sombody ,and not left overnight in the empty building. The camera should have been taken home and not left about . I really hope the children on the memory card dont get plastered all over the internet. And as for the people who broke into the building do the decent thing and hand in the memory card. Hope the police get to the scum bags in time ........
No diggle I'm not looking for a reaction, but there are a number of similarities between this incident and the Grotton one both were memory sticks containing data, both were stolen, neither were properly secure and both contained data which was covered by the data protection act. It's the belief that certain properties aren't a target for thieves which makes them vulnerable, I'd say every empty building is a target especially at night.
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Have a conscience, whoever you are, and hand back the memory card. You’ve had your bit of ‘fun’ (no doubt making a few quid in the process) – now do the decent thing!
By shaun mcgrath @ 31/01/2012 15:55:37