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Have you ever had a babysitter steal from you?

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2ManySweets · 30/11/2019 09:30

Without going into too much detail it is now beyond doubt that my babysitter stole three brand new phones from our house when she was babysitting the other evening.

Two were on but in their boxes (newly bought in Black Friday deals) and the other a work phone.

All three set up with Google which shows the timeline of the phones all leaving the house at the same time.

The same time she left at. The route of travel matches where she would go next. The back foot was dead locked and the front door would have alerted her if it were a break in. Plus the phones were on view but in a location only visible inside the house.

We have had to inform the police as work need a crime number to replace the phone. They want to treat her as a suspect as opposed to a potential witness.

She came highly recommended. We checked her references. Her testimonials online are sound and not invented.

Police say babysitters pinching from families more common than you’d imagine.

Apart from the obvious upset at the fact someone we trusted to look after our kids has done this it’s made me so paranoid and upset.

Has this happened to you and how did you resolve it if at all? I want so badly to believe it wasn’t her but the signs are all there.

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Smallfacesfan · 30/11/2019 14:41

When my darling mum passed away back in 1997 she was in the local hospital. When a family member went to collect her few belongings the gold chain she wore around her neck had disappeared from her body.
Of course no one knew anything about it.
My Dad had bought it for her, but we decided not to mention anything to him because he was distraught enough as it was. So whoever the thieving swine was they got away with it, probably to do it again.

2ManySweets · 30/11/2019 14:45

@NaiceHamPlease

That is EXACTLY what I think and the idea of a strange bloke in my house with my children asleep in there makes me want to kill her - I don’t care about the phones.

But yeah, there’s nothing to suggest someone else at all.

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NaiceHamPlease · 30/11/2019 15:03

Yep, @2ManySweets I'd be murderous to think a strange bloke had been in here whilst my boy was sleeping, just awful.

Can you see from the tracking if the phones left just before you returned home? So not with her but someone else, as I'm guessing she was there when you returned.

Have you spoken to her at all or will the police? Any neighbours with cctv that may have seen someone else arive/leave?

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breakfastpizza · 30/11/2019 15:12

The only thing I ever stole were the good snacks! Usually tucked away at the back of a cupboard where the kids couldn't see. Grin

2ManySweets · 30/11/2019 17:50

....and now it appears every single one of our baby’s muslins has walked too. WTAF.

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RandomMess · 30/11/2019 17:56

Confused the muslins is just bizarre!!!

CoraPirbright · 30/11/2019 17:59

What did the police say about you being able to track the stolen phones and the direction they took? Is that admissible in court does anyone know (any lawyers here?!)?

It really sucks - that must have left you feeling really quite shaken. I would go on her Fb site so that everyone knows that she is either a fucking thief or has visiting friends who are. Angry

CandyApple1995 · 30/11/2019 17:59

So what's going to happen OP? Are the police going to be looking into it and questioning her? I hope she isn't going to get off scott free!

Megsmcgoo · 30/11/2019 18:08

That’s terrible, what was she thinking?! Even if she didn’t take them why bring someone in to your house, unforgivable

2ManySweets · 30/11/2019 18:15

that must have left you feeling really quite shaken

You’re telling me. I’ve been a basket case since twigging and I’m really snappy and teary. Plus the children really liked her so we can’t say her name or anything about her until DH and I can speak privately (never).

The police will ask her to come down the station and ask a few questions. I live in hope she shits herself and confesses. But it won’t happen. And until we know and we may never know for 100% I can’t put on her company’s Facebook page she’s a fucking thief that’s turned me into a paranoid heap who’ll never use baby sitters again and seeing as I have NO FAMILY anywhere near me nor friends I can call upon it means my social life with DH has now been virtually eliminated as we will never trust anyone again.

Or if we did we’d be freaking out the whole night about what’s going on at home.

Now I’m angry, the shock has subsided and I just want to slap her silly.

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sueelleker · 30/11/2019 18:35

A neighbour; my husband has health problems, and she (used to) come round to 'see how he was' but really to try to borrow money.. Last time my card case went missing, and no-one else had been in the house. 2 contactless transactions were made at a shop I've never been in.
We're waiting to see if the police can get CCTV images.

QuimReaper · 01/12/2019 10:51

I'm so sorry OP, what a shock! What on earth was she thinking? It must have been a third party, it just must have, which as you say doesn't make it any better as she let a stranger into your house.

I wonder if she's going to try and claim it was a burglary whilst she was upstairs checking on the kids or something? As a PP asked, how precisely can you track the timelines? Can you be sure whether they left with her, or a few minutes before you got home? (You'd have to be able to cross check with texts or cab bookings or something to be that accurate, so I realise it's unlikely)

CircleofWillis · 01/12/2019 11:10

I was accused of stealing from a family whose child I supported when I was a student.

Some jewelry went missing from the parent's room and was found a week later in the older child's dress up box.

They didn't accuse me directly or even mention it to me but I was 'let go'. I'm a consultant so wasn't really fired just not asked for any more sessions. I only discovered what had happened months later when I bumped into the nanny. The parents were too embarrassed to ask me back in case I discovered what they had suspected me of.

2ManySweets · 01/12/2019 11:44

That must have been awful for you and it’s your story that makes me feel so utterly awful that I could think this about my baby sitter.

But the more and more and more I think about this one the more I am beyond doubt it was her or she was behind it. So angry.

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PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 01/12/2019 21:47

What a massive breach of trust

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