The Star: April 06, 2023

The Star Thursday April 6 2023
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Burglary victim
frustrated by
police progress
over break-in
GETAWAY: The distinctive Mercedes Sprinter van, registration
KPD407, involved in the Burnham and Tai Tapu burglaries.
• By Daniel Alvey
A MAN who got into a scuffle
after surprising a burglar in his
home says police don’t appear to
be acting quick enough to find
the offender.
The Burnham resident was
visited by police last week for
the first time since the burglary
on March 9 – even though he
identified who he thinks is the
offender two days after the
break-in.
“It just seemed to be no further
ahead from the day it happened,”
he told The Star.
The burglar drove off in a
distinctive white Mercedes
Sprinter van, registration
KPD407 – the same vehicle
involved in a burglary in
Tai Tapu on Boxing Day.
Police have identified the
registered owner of the van, but
it appears it is not the person
who committed the burglaries.
Police told the Burnham
resident last week mugshots were
being gathered of a potential
suspect, but they had to be
sourced from Wellington.
But two days after the scuffle
with the burglar, the resident
said he chanced on a police
officer when he was at Rolleston
BP. The officer turned out to be
from the Ashburton station.
He didn’t know the officer but
discussed his burglary and she
showed him a photo on her
cellphone of a person he believed
was the burglar.
“She said do you think this is
the guy, and it probably did look
like him, but that was the only
shot I have seen,” he said.
Police who went to his house
last week took away a flavoured
milk container possibly left by
the burglar. The resident found
it soon after police had attended
on the day. He rang the police
105 number to let them know
it could contain forensic DNA
evidence. He was surprised it
had taken them so long to pick
it up.
The resident put it in the fridge
in a plastic bag to preserve any
forensic evidence.
“I thought it should have
DNA and possibly it could have
fingerprints,” he said.
Police conducted a crime scene
examination on the day they
dusted the house for fingerprints.
“They told me it was
unlikely there was going to be
fingerprinted because he was
likely to be wearing gloves.
“They dusted things like
handles and drawer pulls, but
nothing showed up,” said the
resident.
“I know they have many
serious things going on, but I
think this is serious enough. The
guy is likely out scoping other
places, he’s got a mobile home so
he can cover a large area.”
The van involved in the
burglaries has been sighted
numerous times at a social
housing unit in Woolston.
A nearby resident has called
police to alert them to it. A person
who comes and goes to the unit
where the van is parked matches
the description of the suspect.
He is well tanned, stockily built,
heavily tattooed on the arms and
legs and is middle aged.
Police would not answer
specific questions from The Star.
“Further information was
received in relation to this matter
over the last week and police are
following all potential lines of
inquiry,” a spokesperson said.
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