break in
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Tomos, who has worked at Canna Deli for nine years and owned it for the past three, described the break-in as "gutting" and said he had never experienced so much crime.
From BBC
His parents, both aged 80, slept through the break-in.
From BBC
An alleged Palestine Action member attacked a police officer with a sledgehammer, fracturing her back during an organised break-in at an Israeli defence firm, a court heard.
From BBC
The break-in triggered an alarm, but an employee who checked on it entered through a side door for staff and didn’t notice anything unusual, White said.
"We can confirm that Raheem Sterling was the victim of a home break-in this weekend," Sterling's representative said on Wednesday.
From Barron's
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