totally totally gutted for you Lofty

hope you get it all sorted soon, i bet the old bill were as helpful as a chocolate hairdryer....
"heres a crime Number son, while we investigate further" which usually means " we'll wait until someone gives themselves up years from now and confesses to numerous past offences to get less jail time for a more serious crime, now who's for a cuppa nice tea?"

pikey scum, i bet they were colour blind to, looking at the mess they made of your loom