Parents 'heartbroken' following photo theft

4:00pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in News

Catherine and Bethany Catherine and Bethany

AN Orford mum and dad have been left ‘heartbroken’ after laptops containing precious photos of their four-year-old daughter with learning difficulties were stolen.

The Northway home of Catherine Bryant and Darren Foster was burgled in the early hours of Thursday morning.

They were in bed when it was raided and woke to find two laptops with thousands of photos and videos of daughter Bethany on had been taken.

Bethany has a rare genetic condition called Kabuki and has only recently learnt to walk and feed herself.

Catherine, aged 29, cares for her full time and said: “We took photos of all these special things that we waited such a long time for and now they are gone.

“All those special memories have been lost.”

Catherine is currently helping to set up charity Kabuki UK to spread awareness of the condition.

A collection bucket containing £200 was also taken, along with two cameras, a Playstation 3 and wallet.

Optical consultant Darren, aged 29, does part time photography and work he had done for the No Secrets charity in Wigan was also on one of stolen laptops.

“We are heartbroken,” said Catherine.

“When I think about all of the photos and videos it gives me a pain in my chest to think of what we have lost.

“These people don’t think of others they just think about an easy bit of money not the pain it causes people.

“For anyone to look at a charity bucket and think ‘there is some easy money’, they just don’t have a conscience.

“Now I just feel on edge at home - when the postman came this morning I jumped out of my skin.”

The family are now appealing for help in recovering the stolen photos.

One laptop is a black Acer with a 15 inch screen. Its serial number is X53U.

The second laptop is a aluminium HP DM3. Its serial number is 10305A.

A silver Canon 350D LSR camera, and silver Sony digital camera were also taken.

Anyone with information can call police on 101.

Comments(4)

moleogod says...
4:21pm Thu 18 Oct 12

absolute bastards i have known the Bryant family for over 20 years what a great family its a shame. i talk to her mother on a regular basis. i hope the scum at least have not wiped the laptops and they get their precious pictures back.

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HappyMisery says...
12:43pm Fri 19 Oct 12

I understand the pain of the loss, but with so many free hosting websites, there is no reason for anyone to lose these memories other than lack of awareness. All of the pictures on your laptop can be placed in a single file and uploaded for safe keeping.

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moleogod says...
1:09pm Fri 19 Oct 12

i do make regular DVD backups of my family pics/vids. but till its not fair that this would happen. is it me or does it seem like a targeted attack. taking into consideration what was stolen. im sure not all of this could have just been on the coffee table lying in wait of a thief

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Rolfman1 says...
1:39pm Fri 19 Oct 12

A burglary like this must be a horrible thing to endure even without losing the precious photographs. However, it should be a lesson to us all (myself included) to keep regular back-ups of personal items like photographs and videos. It’s not just a theft that can result in you losing these precious files but your hard drive could also fail at any time resulting in the same loss.

The simplest method is to burn them to DVD or CD and then keep those somewhere safe away from the laptop or PC. Another simple way of keeping a back-up is to buy a portable USB hard drive. They’re not massively expensive anymore and some of them come with back-up software included to make the process easier.

Remember not to store them with the PC or they could get stolen with it.

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