Robert came to us on a work placement scheme in early 2008. He was paid to be here but showed up when he felt like it. He never completed a single full week. He was always late and seemed to think that actually doing anything constructive was a joke. We put up with a lot of this because he told us a sad tale about a cruel homelife and an uncaring mother. (His mother phoned regularly to see how he was and seemed very concerned for her son.) Eventually the work placement broke down for a number of reasons and he left us.
When Robert finally got a flat of his own, members helped him settle into his new home, got him bits and bobs and welcomed him back as a volunteer.
When the Station Manager was off ill Robert came to the office, forced the door and let himself in. He spent hours disconnecting the equipment in our new studio, rifling through the stationery cupboards and helping himself to anything which took his fancy. In all, he deprived the station of around ten thousand pounds worth of valuable equipment. A police raid on his home recovered some of this but much of it went for sale. What was recovered either doesn't work or has been held by the police as evidence.
Robert received a sentence of 120 hours of Community Service.
The other members of the station received much longer sentences as they work incredibly hard to earn enough money to replace the lost equipment.
Too sad to be robbed by one of our own.
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1 comment:
words only beggar belief, so it was him that done it.
i cant believe it, my only question is how the hell did he manage to get equipment out and carry it home, he doesnt drive nor has a bike. surely someone must have seen him.
this is appalling, but glad he was caught
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