“I always keep a baseball bat under the bed, but I never imagined having to use it against an intruder,” says Mike* with a calm demeanor. In the early hours of the morning, Mike’s wife, Anne*, woke up to a terrifying sight – a man dressed in black, holding a gun, standing at the foot of their bed. The intruder proceeded to tie them up, brutally assaulting Mike in the process, and forced Anne to show him where they kept their valuable possessions. He made off with £50,000 worth of watches, cash, and jewelry, some of which he forcefully ripped from Anne.
It turns out that the couple had very little security measures in place – an outdated alarm system, no safe, and easily accessible bi-fold doors.