Many people in the courts who are guilty of persistent burgling and drug dealing will receive much greater sentences.
Pushers create a dependency market for which they have guaranteed customers who have less and less money and thus go thieving, burgling and nicking.
However, we tend to give it a lower rating as a socially unacceptable thing to do than burgling someone's home or stealing.
The police responded to a call with enormous speed and the man was caught red-handed burgling my constituent's home.
This is really like a burglar declaring his intention to stop burgling certain homes—not all—and then expecting the public to admire him for his abstinence.
Reoffending rates clearly show that, if burglars and others are behind bars, they are not out burgling people's houses.
Why, even in extraordinary circumstances, should a chief constable be able to authorise the bugging and burgling of premises?
One will never be able to catch all illegal immigrants or stop people burgling and breaking into houses.
