Page 7 | Zero sympathy for people who had £10 million worth of jewellery stolen

TwoCreamEggs · 2024-12-31T13:48:48+00:00

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.

WearyAuldWumman · 31/12/2024 15:30

oakleaffy · 31/12/2024 14:39

He wasn’t the brightest diamond inn the ring, was he, Weary 🤣

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I can't decide who was worse - the hapless thief or the staff in the second store who tried to insist that they'd never seen the stolen goods, just as the manager walked through wearing one of the stolen rings.

Strikeoutnow · 31/12/2024 15:30

Has it occurred to you OP that people that wealthy will be paying a very high level of income tax (and VAT) which is going some way to redistribution of wealth ...

someone with 10m worth of jewels won’t be on PAYE…

WilfredsPies · 31/12/2024 15:30

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:24

Someone who has worked hard and earns a good salary e.g. 80k does not deserve to have their car wrecked and things stolen etc, of course. People arc missing the point. The point is the income gap should not be so vast that some people can't afford food whilst others have 10 million pounds worth of jewellery. It is wrong.

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And you are missing the point that an 80k salary is beyond the wildest dreams of many of us. There is just as much of an income gap between you and a truly skint person, as there is between you and someone who can afford all of those stolen things.

The only point is that absolutely nobody deserves to have their stuff taken by anyone else, however valuable it may or may not be. If you struggle with that concept, then maybe apply for citizenship of North Korea. See how that works out for you.

AvidBee · 31/12/2024 15:30

Whether it's £10 or £10 million, having your home broken into and raided must be absolutely terrifying.

Footballer Dele had his home broken into and he was held at knifepoint, and it ruined his life and career due to the mental impacts. I have sympathy for them, because money doesn't stop things being traumatic.

Everlygreen · 31/12/2024 15:30

I just googled and see it's Avenue Road? Literally down the road from me and I haven't seen any news on my local groups. Unless I'm completely off the mark

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:31

SockFluffInTheBath · 31/12/2024 15:26

I lean to the left politically but disagree it is morally abhorrent for people to have nice things relative to their income. You sound a lot like my miserable cow of a mother who thinks no one should have anything if she hasn’t got it/can’t have it. Where do you draw the line? Is it sickening that I paid my electricity bill this morning then spent £50 on party food in M&S- or is that ok because it’s within more peoples’ means?

Again, missing the point. There will always be people who earn more than others, relative to their job difficulty, training, and experience. I have never spoken to someone who disputes this should be the case.

But to argue that it's okay to own 10 million pounds worth of jewellery is ridiculous. The point is NO ONE should earn that much. The gap between incomes should not be so vast that some can't eat, but some have excess of millions to share. This goes beyond having a comfortable life.

AvidBee · 31/12/2024 15:32

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:31

Again, missing the point. There will always be people who earn more than others, relative to their job difficulty, training, and experience. I have never spoken to someone who disputes this should be the case.

But to argue that it's okay to own 10 million pounds worth of jewellery is ridiculous. The point is NO ONE should earn that much. The gap between incomes should not be so vast that some can't eat, but some have excess of millions to share. This goes beyond having a comfortable life.

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The gap between incomes should not be so vast that some can't eat, but some have excess of millions to share. This goes beyond having a comfortable life.

I completely agree. But the solution isn't to tear people down, it's to lift people up.

SockFluffInTheBath · 31/12/2024 15:32

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:31

Again, missing the point. There will always be people who earn more than others, relative to their job difficulty, training, and experience. I have never spoken to someone who disputes this should be the case.

But to argue that it's okay to own 10 million pounds worth of jewellery is ridiculous. The point is NO ONE should earn that much. The gap between incomes should not be so vast that some can't eat, but some have excess of millions to share. This goes beyond having a comfortable life.

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Holding a different viewpoint is different to missing the point.

Cocoandcleo · 31/12/2024 15:32

The whole 'I bet they give to charity' argument doesn't sit right with me. Giving to charity doesn't just offset anything else you did or do to obtain obscene amounts of wealth (I'm not referring to this particular person, just in general).

Many many famous people who after their death have turned out to be sex offenders etc have given loads of money to charity.

Cattery · 31/12/2024 15:33

Fluffyholeysocks · 31/12/2024 15:10

Aren't they paid by their clubs?

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Yes which are all under the umbrella of the FA

Strikeoutnow · 31/12/2024 15:33

I wonder if sentiment is shifting towards the “rich”. I was quite shocked at how many had no sympathy for Brian Thompson & thought he got what he deserved. It’s a slippery slope

SleepToad · 31/12/2024 15:33

And this is what is wrong with the world. Hay op, instead of rubbing your hands with glee because someone richer than you have had their home violated, why don't you do something about the poverty.
Sell the devices you are posting on here with and give it to the poor.
Tythe part of your earnings to a church or charity
Volunteer for a charity

Let us know when you do

WearyAuldWumman · 31/12/2024 15:33

Hollietree · 31/12/2024 15:00

You are probably “richer” than 90% of people on the planet. So many people in the world who barely have anything.

I presume that you live in a 1 room studio flat, only have one outfit, one pair of shoes, don’t own any non essential items like a bike and a TV etc …………. And donate every spare penny you earn to people in third world countries who are vastly poorer than you?

And I presume you would be happy with a penniless homeless person breaking into your house tonight and stealing every item you own that is “non essential”? Because it would be redistributing wealth?

I was nearly scammed a few weeks ago. In my defence, I was unwell and not fully compos mentis when the scammers phoned. Thankfully, the penny dropped just in time.

I was later told of a documentary where such scammers had been interviewed and asked whether they felt guilty about scamming people. The answer, apparently, was "No," because those of us in the West are very wealthy compared with people in their country.

lover99 · 31/12/2024 15:34

WilfredsPies · 31/12/2024 15:25

A bike is an essential item. How else would I get to work?

You’ve got a bike, have you? I hope you’re not showing off by riding it down the street? And an essential item? 😂 Do what the rest of us have to do and bloody walk! If it’s two hours each way, wake up earlier. I’d quite like a bike. Cmon, send me your address. Don’t be greedy, it’s a deadly sin after all.

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My bike cost nothing as it was abandoned outside my house, it would cost basically nothing to replace.

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:35

WilfredsPies · 31/12/2024 15:30

And you are missing the point that an 80k salary is beyond the wildest dreams of many of us. There is just as much of an income gap between you and a truly skint person, as there is between you and someone who can afford all of those stolen things.

The only point is that absolutely nobody deserves to have their stuff taken by anyone else, however valuable it may or may not be. If you struggle with that concept, then maybe apply for citizenship of North Korea. See how that works out for you.

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I agree. I will never ever earn 80k lol. I'm an NHS nurse and my partner earns minimum wage. But I don't begrudge a consultant doctor earning 80k. By the time you have factored in tax, childcare etc, especially if you live somewhere like London, this is not a hugely vast or unexpected income gap. No one should be truly skint as everyone should have a living wage and be able to lead a comfortable existence.

No one should have income to excess to several million pounds to spend on jewelry. I don't know why that's a hard concept.

ObliviousCoalmine · 31/12/2024 15:36

Have you ever heard of capitalism?

Robin Hood isn't a thing...

3rdCoffeeThisMorning · 31/12/2024 15:36

I find this rethoric of "we shouldn't have rich people with x in safe when there are poor people who can't afford food" completely wrong.
It's simply attacking the rich who generally have no fault in why someone can't heat their house. Why can't there be rich people?

Change it to anger of "we shouldn't have poor pepple who can't afford food when we can have rich people with x". Reads differently doesn't it. IYSWIM

And people need to stop gushong over food banks etcand get angry at lawmakers causing the existence of food banks.

The issue to eridicate is the poverty, not wealth.

Nanny0gg · 31/12/2024 15:37

TwoCreamEggs · 31/12/2024 15:21

@Cattyisbatty yes I have been burgled three times over the years.
Interesting comments from a lot of people - I read them all and thanks to everyone who disagreed and the few who see my point.
@Waterweight it is all over the media - figure is quoted as from £10 million up to around £22million.
@Ladamesansmerci thanks - you put it much more eloquently than me!
To have that much money tied up in jewellery in a safe - that sort of unimaginable wealth whilst many are homeless and kids are bought Christmas presents by charities (they had a collection in my local Tesco) more and more people are using food banks is, to me, a sign that there is something very wrong with our society. This is compounded in this case by the use of social media to show off this level of wealth. Just rotten to the core.

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I don't believe for one second that everything you possess is essential or useful

So sell it and give the money to someone who needs it more than you do

You don't have to be fabulously wealthy to have more than you need.

INeedAnotherName · 31/12/2024 15:37

@TwoCreamEggs I can guarantee that you have more wealth than me. Please send me your address so I can "redistribute" your wealth. Or are you all mouth?

Polistock · 31/12/2024 15:37

Vive la revolution, eh Comrade.

Inastatus · 31/12/2024 15:38

I feel sorry for anyone who has been a victim of crime.

Switcher · 31/12/2024 15:39

Theft is theft. The victim doesn't need to be the deserving poor for it to be a crime.

Ladamesansmerci · 31/12/2024 15:39

AvidBee · 31/12/2024 15:32

The gap between incomes should not be so vast that some can't eat, but some have excess of millions to share. This goes beyond having a comfortable life.

I completely agree. But the solution isn't to tear people down, it's to lift people up.

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I'm not blaming this individual. We all live under capitalism and the same system. I just strongly believe no one should hoard that much wealth and it's hard to understand why other people don't get that anyone being able to open millions of pounds of jewellery is immoral. The difference between a high salary of e.g 100k like an NHS consultant might make, is incomparable to footballers earning millions and millions.

FoxInTheForest · 31/12/2024 15:40

Would you be OK with your possessions being stolen because others have less than you? Very odd point of view.
If you live in the UK you will definitely have many items which are unnecessary products of wealth compared to what others have.

2025willbemytime · 31/12/2024 15:41

I have sympathy as her home as been violated and she'll feel unsafe now. Her having jewels isn't stopping someone else buying food or paying the bills.