Zero sympathy for people who had £10 million worth of jewellery stolen

[TwoCreamEggs]

People are struggling to heat their homes, feed their kids and pay their rent - whilst this 'millionaire influencer' has £10 million worth of jewellery stashed in a safe at home - I find this morally abhorrent and have zero sympathy. They have so little insight and social conscience that they feel it appropriate to flash jewellery and other signs of huge wealth all over social media. I'm glad no-one was injured obviously but hope the stolen jewellery is used to re-distribute some of their enormous wealth.

So it’s ok to violate someone’s home, and steal their property, because they’re richer than you, and others?

I hate to burst your “Robin Hood” fantasy but this stuff isn’t going to be redistributed to the deserving poor.

And the burglar was armed - would you have backed them giving someone a beating, or worse?

Pathetic and envious.

@AsTheLightFades

If someone is aware of info that other people want they can tell them and be tortured / beat up no longer. If they don't know the info then they will be tortured to no avail . Horrible that someone's dad would out them in that situation .

Labour tried making things equal in the 70s. They raised income tax where higher earning people were paying 97.5% on income and even more on savings. All the people with money left

Result was 33% basic rate tax for those who were left behind

I think you need to get your mind round the fact that there are a lot of people much richer than this

£10million in jewelry is a lot but I am sure there are people who have more hanging around their neck or hanging on a wall

Should say the gap between rich and poor did decrease

Mainly because no one had anything

I don't see why the police should waste resources on this as they can't be bothered with other burglaries. I'm sure she can claim on insurance.

I wonder why nobody can have something really nice, like an expensive handbag or jewellery, without some CF claiming they deserve for it to be stolen??? How is it our/your/anybody's business how that person got that precious item? It might 've been a heritage, or a gift, or simply bought after saving up! Why in heavens name would they deserve it if their stuff was stolen???

Given the vast amount of tax these people must pay, I’d say they’re just as entitled as anyone else to have a police investigation.

But the point is you're lucky to have a police investigation for a burglary these days, most people just get a crime number for insurance purposes - and it shouldn't be based on how much you earn.

Of course it shouldn’t be based on what you earn but there’s not much point in having a police force if they’re not going to investigate a major crime.

So they deserve to have their safe space violated because they have more than others. It's two separate issues. Their values obviously don't align with giving wealth to the less fortunate in society but it doesn't mean they deserved to be robbed either.

A victim of crime is a victim of crime. Pretty gross to think someone is less worthy of sympathy because of their life circumstance.
You just sound like you are victim blaming.

So how rich do you need to be before its Ok for people to steal from you?
So can muggers take my Primark handbag? My River island Handbag? My Coach Handbag or my Birkin? (I don't own all of those by the way)
Its like when people say its Ok to shoplift from big stores, its not. Its theft howver much people have - the consequences may not be as bad for the victim but its still theft

And someone breaking into your home is shit. Your home is your safe space.. your sanctuary.
When you get burgled, you can no longer feel safe at home. That is an awful feeling. If you can't feel safe at home, where can you be? And what your home contents are worth does not matter.

Theft on any level is wrong. It’s irrelevant how much was stolen, it’s still awful. What a cretinous thing to suggest, that its theft will amount to redistribution of wealth, I think we’ve moved beyond Robin Hood mentality haven’t we ? Spare a thought for how
violated theft and burglary makes a home owner of any kind feel OP. Would you like to be burgled?. I doubt it….or is it different because someone wealthy was robbed, so in some obscene way, it’s justified ?. I wish people would engage their brains before commenting on MN. But that won’t happen will it ? 🙁

I think there must be something wrong with me and I'm sure Mumsnet will let me know. But my reaction to this was to be impressed by the skill of the burglar who carried out the robbery while 7 people were in the house. That and the hideous nature of the ridiculous handbag that was stolen raised a little smile. No sympathy for the victim but very much looking forward to the film.

You sound both grudging and judgemental - do you really want to go into the New Year ill-wishing someone just because they have more possessions than you do?

Areas are full of different houses, the roads are full of different cars- both of these will differ according to a persons income/ assets. Shock horror, everyone is at a different level. Hating on someone with more than you is the same as hating on someone with less. Having your stuff rifled through hurts. Actually- maybe the Queen shouldn’t have bothered that time some strange bloke broke into her bedroom, what with her wealth, it wouldn’t have bothered her, or when her Mother died. People are people, whatever their income. Higher than you/ lower than you.

"I can't have it and I'm jealous so I'm really happy no one else can - but I'm going to masquerade it as virtue signalling"

You really need to work on your empathy. You come across as very unpleasant

This made me laugh - envy isn’t a good look ever 😉

So you think because they have money it’s ok to be robbed
wouldn’t say that if it was your items I bet!!!
disgusting attitude

It's all relative. I'm sure you have some possessions which you would be devastated to lose in a burglary. You're displaying the typical "have-not*s" trait

Theft is theft - thieves need to be caught and punished, obviously, and if you think that any of the proceeds from these I'll gotten gains will ever benefit anyone other than other criminals or junkies then you are sadly deluded......

Just pathetic, you’re clearly jealous of anyone else’s success. What, if they have more than you, they deserve to have it stolen? That’s why this country is in the state it’s in, when morons think theft is ok as long as the person being stolen from is richer than you!

Where do you set the bar for crime OP? Burgling a house for a laptop - not acceptable? But rich person’s jewels, meh, fine? Crime is horrible in any form. It wasn’t Robin Hood doing it. There will be no distributing among the poor. Ruthless gangsters involved in evil.

I do admit the idea of wanting to have personal possessions of that value seems a bit weird to me personally, but its theft and I doubt if any of its value is going to be funding food banks or similar.
As too if some sort of karmic re-balancing has occured who knows. I suspect not. We have regular shoplifting at our local store (usually guys in hoodies with masks that come in twos or threes), but the food is taking in bulk and sold on to buy drugs mostly.