Tunnel victim's home is burgled

7:04am Tuesday 24th July 2012 in News By Steve Sowden

Tunnel victim's home is burgled Tunnel victim's home is burgled

THE Misterton home of Beaminster tunnel victim Rosemary Snell has been burgled.

Police have described it as a despicable act that while a family and community come to terms with the death of someone so well-loved, that callous thieves can carry out such a crime.

Mrs Snell, 67, and Michael Rolfe, 72, of Fivehead, died almost instantaneously when the car they were travelling in was crushed during a landslip of mud and rubble at the entrance to the tunnel on the A3066 late on July 7. It was not until ten days later that their bodies were discovered.

Now police have revealed that sometime between July 20 and July 21 an unknown offender or offenders forced their way into Mrs Snell’s home and made off with silver items, some of which could be antiques.

Det Ch Insp Pete Warren said: “This is a despicable crime that has been committed by someone who may have deliberately targeted the property following the national media coverage.”

People have asked people to remain vigilant at car boot sales and other places where the jewellery and antiques might be sold.

Det Ch Insp Warren added: “We would also ask antique dealers to contact the police should any items be offered for sale.”

Anyone who can help is asked to call Yeovil CID on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555111.

Comments(10)

FreeSpeech? says...
9:23am Tue 24 Jul 12

Disgusting.

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Mark1970 says...
10:21am Tue 24 Jul 12

Total scum is not the word for it. Let's hope that if they are caught, there will have a very long sentence for this.

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Mi_Coc says...
10:26am Tue 24 Jul 12

Unless there 405th offence they will get a mild wrist slapping maybe a conditional discharge 15 minutes of community service. All you can hope is they were caught speeding they get 3 points and a £60 fine woohoo.

Thats why we have repeat offenders as our prisons are overcrowed and so speeding motorist are delt with more harshly than burglers who are in their first few offences.

The fact that they prayed on this ladies house as they new it would be unoccupied is just beyond words,

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andelain says...
10:47am Tue 24 Jul 12

What goes around comes around. I cannot believe there are scum out there who steal from the dead. You cannot print what I think of these vermin.

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Plymouthboy says...
11:08am Tue 24 Jul 12

Words cannot describ my contempt for these low life scum!!

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Mark1970 says...
4:56am Wed 25 Jul 12

Hopefully Mi_Croc if this gets picked up by the national newspapers, then it would put pressure on a judge to give a harsher sentence. Knowing that someone has just died, their family is grieving shows the worse scum of all. It is bad enough to burgle anyway but to knowingly target a house where you know they have died is sick.

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FreeSpeech? says...
2:55pm Wed 25 Jul 12

Why is this story not in the most commented section?

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File Yer Own Bleedin Teeth says...
12:17am Fri 27 Jul 12

Plymouthboy wrote:
Words cannot describ my contempt for these low life scum!!
Do any of you outraged individuals have any comments to make when that fookin koont Mister Blooby sets an innocent victim"s home on fire, as they sleep inside?. Lowest of the low?.

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Blurby Monster says...
11:37pm Sun 29 Jul 12

File Yer Own Bleedin Teeth wrote:
Plymouthboy wrote:
Words cannot describ my contempt for these low life scum!!
Do any of you outraged individuals have any comments to make when that fookin koont Mister Blooby sets an innocent victim"s home on fire, as they sleep inside?. Lowest of the low?.
There, see - no-one gives a monkeys. What you reckon, Lancey Baby?

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bts73 says...
12:42am Sat 4 Aug 12

'spose it's better than stealing off the living - i mean, do you really think the deceased are likely to miss those items ?

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