An expert has said that a £3 item could ensure your valuables are returned to you safely if you are burgled. Talking on BBC Morning Live, Marc Cananur, a detective sergeant has said that the item is a cheap and "great opportunity to try and get your goods back."
Talking on the morning time show, Marc said a UV pen will come in handy explaining: "This is a great tool because you can mark your goods, with I would suggest, a postcode along with your house or flat number and use this pen to mark those just so that potentially if you use one of these torches [that shows the hidden writing that will then demonstrate both to police and someone who might be looking to buy it 'oh hang on it's got ultraviolet pen on it, why is that?'. So a great opportunity to try and get your goods back."
It comes as it's been revealed in the UK, on average a house is broken into every two minutes. This equates to roughly "35 homes whilst we've been on air this morning" according to co-presenter, Gethin Jones in a fact that Michelle Ackerley, who also is presenting the show, found extremely worrying.
To help people deal with what happens after a burglary, the detective sergeant said there are certain things that he would ask everyone to do with the first being never to touch anything - even if it's to see what else is missing. He warned: "You are essentially living within a crime scene at this point, it’s no longer your home.
"There’s a natural urge to go through drawers, to go through cupboards and see what’s missing but you’ve just got to show that restraint. Don’t touch anything because that forensic value might have fingerprints, footprints, blood, saliva - anything that we can link to an offender. We want to catch people just as much as the
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