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truesee — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:08:16 GMT

Cruel Burglar Taunts His Victim On Facebook

5:18am UK, Sunday August 16, 2009

A cruel burglar has logged onto his victim's Facebook page to taunt her about the break-in, boasting: Listening to music on my new phone - feels so good.

Victoria Richardson has been taunted by the burglar who raided her home

The thief accessed Victoria Richardson's Facebook homepage the day after breaking into the home she shares with her family in Hove, East Sussex.

Mrs Richardson lost an iPhone, a Nintendo DS games console, a handbag containing a purse, cash and debit cards and a black Toshiba laptop in the burglary.

She says the invasion of privacy has made the crime doubly painful.

One message read: on my new laptop while another said, listening to music on my new phone feels so good .

The thief then adds further insult by saying he left the TV in the house as it was rubbish .

The taunts on Victoria's Facebook page

He adds that he plans to make a trip to a pawn shop with some of the other goods.

The heartless criminal signs off with the message: Regards your nighttime burglar .

Mrs Richardson, 42, told the Brighton Argus: I felt very spooked.

She added: It felt like they were rubbing my nose in it. They have been in your physical space, and then they are in your online space.

She urged people with computers to protect them with passwords so they did not fall victim to similar invasions of privacy.

Sussex Police confirmed it attended the incident

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