Today in the normally peacefull area I live in a wealthy retired Portuguese couple had their house broken into.... most of the info is rumour so far but what has been realsed via the press is that it was a failed robbery. The house was set on fire & the couple were found dead next their unopened safe! (smoke that actually killed them)

This seems to be becoming a worrying trend in Portugal to rob occupied houses of the wealthy(although it happens with the averge Joe Bloggs too)... although im sure its still pretty few and far between?!


I feel sad for these poor souls who worked hard all their days for some scum to come and take the rest of their days away!

did you hear about the burglar that got stuck trying to climb through a hole in a door...the owner caught him whipped his trousers off and called the police, followed by the news team! If only the same fate happened to all burglars.

There have been 2 robberies *I think* in Burgau recently, one I know was when the owners were asleep in bed they went into every room except that one room. Unfortunately it's that time of year (

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Yes I seen that...an arse sticking out the wall into the street, apparently he was there for hours! Shame some rampant homosexual was not passing by to bugger the burgular... im sure he would have known better than most how it would feel to have "forced entry in the back door"

here is the very man...

love it shame there is not more justice like this

This is so sad, by the way what are the laws in portugal about protecting yourself and your property against attack and robbery. is it as stupid about this as uk.
are the gun laws so stricted in PT

ah so it wasn't a door! How stupid but soooo funny LOL

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Now with subtitles!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...rmarket-window

I dont really know but I would like to know also....but if you stick to rules...don't shoot the f#ckers in the back and a dead thief cant talk!

Robbery close to me last week , whole house emptied over night apparently, empty rental property, as in the case of the supermarket pants down thief i suspect eastern europeans to be blamed, only going to get worse i think but that will be most of europe involved not just here!

Seems to be a robbery story in the Resident every week now, often violent.

Very worrying.

It was indeed, it was a Romanian!
Bloody foriegners!