Coming home to the scene of a crime has become commonplace for a Karitane resident who has been burgled six times in the past three months.
Tony Broad took ownership of his home about three months ago and has had to deal with stolen belongings and broken property ever since.
Mr Broad, who lives between Marlborough, Oamaru and Karitane, said the last attempt ended in someone falling from the roof after trying to break in to the property by removing a skylight.
However, when he asked police for an update and about the health of the person who tumbled off his roof he was left none the wiser.
"They would have had to have taken tools and used them to take the lock off to get on the roof, and to get the skylight off and throw it off the side of the building."
Mr Broad’s neighbour watched the incident and saw an ambulance pull on to his property at noon on October 25.
"It just seems amazing that something can happen illegally on my property and nobody will tell me anything about it.
"The last time I spoke to someone after this incident the lady said I was at the top of the victimisation list, so I have a permanent case manager, apparently."
When Mr Broad last asked for an update from police, he was told the only permanent police officer at the Waikouaiti station was on holiday for three and a-half weeks, and nobody was following up on the case in the meantime.
In another incident, he came home to a burglary in progress.
"One day I went up to Oamaru to pick up some tools since someone had stolen my rake in a previous break-in.
"I left around 11 o’clock, then came back around three hours later and there were people in the house throwing my stuff out the windows.
"It’s pretty obvious someone from the village looks out for when I leave then goes ‘right, coast’s clear, go break a window and get in there’."
A police spokeswoman confirmed the burglaries were under investigation and police were following lines of inquiry, but she could not provide an update.
"Police always endeavour to keep victims of crime updated as to the status of investigations, when there are substantive updates.
"Police staff in sole-charge stations such as Waikouaiti are provided investigation support where required by CIB staff from within the wider police area, so that they can continue to carry out their daily duties whilst pursuing active investigations."
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