CRIME has no conscience but the break-in and theft at a community club which donates most of its money to help cancer patients is particularly heartless.
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The perpetrators clearly targeted the Dubbo Woodturning and Woodcrafting Club workshop.
They arrived prepared to unscrew metal sheeting from locked doors to gain access.
They took tools and specialist equipment worth about $4000.
The club has about 50 members, most of them retired.
They make toys for charity and use membership fees and money raised from raffles to purchase goods for the Oncology Unit at Dubbo Hospital.
They contribute to the community and fellow residents in a quiet, selfless way.
Their aim is to practise their craft with mates and do good works.
Contrast that with the criminals who ripped them off.
Dubbo has a high break-in rate for homes averaging about eight a week.
It is more than twice the NSW average.
Businesses, which are more likely to have security, are harder targets and less likely to be hit.
So, these poor examples of humanity – whatever their problems or motivations – go for a charitable group with little money.
They even took the few dollars in the club’s honesty box.
If anyone is offered the stolen equipment they should immediately turn them in.
The thieves – and those who invade other premises and homes – are creatures without conscience, are entitled to no excuses and should receive no leniency.
