"I wasn't that surprised that we were burgled really, the party was a little out of control and the people who organised it were perhaps being a little naive about security. There were people in the street and the doors were open the whole time, anyone could have come in."
Although the party happened on the Friday night, the burglary wasn't in fact until around 7am the following morning while Robert and his housemates were asleep.
"My housemate's laptop and digital camera were taken, otherwise nothing was damaged. After the incident the Police came to visit, but informed us that this was such a regular occurence that there was very little chance of catching the culprit. The burglar probably gained access thorugh a window that had been left open to air out the house after the night before."
"Since this happened we've been more careful about having parties and realise that a burglar can enter at any time, and was probably watching the party waiting on the off-chance that anyone left a window open. We're careful to not leave windows open and also don't leave any valuables in shared areas of the house anymore."