Can you help find rare jewellery stolen in Ainsdale?
MERSEYSIDE Police are appealing for the
public's help after dozens of rare items of jewellery were stolen from a house
in Ainsdale. At around 9.30am on Tuesday, 10 March 2015, a retired couple
returned to their home in Liverpool Avenue, Ainsdale to discover an untidy
search had been made in rooms upstairs. They later discovered dozens of unique
items of jewellery had been taken. Officers attended the scene and forensic
examinations were carried out. An investigation into the circumstances
surrounding the incident is continuing. The collection of 55 items of jewellery
included engagement rings given to the victim's great-grandmother and
grandmother, a locket given to her grandmother by her husband on their wedding
day and a brooch received by the victim from her parents on her 21st birthday.
There was also a brooch given to the victim by her grandfather in the last year
of his life. A 1960's solid silver Georg Jensen brooch featuring 2 birds within
a 3.5cm square was also taken. Detective Inspector Mike Dalton, from
Sefton CID, said:- "This collection of jewellery is of huge sentimental
value to the victims. It includes extremely rare and distinctive items that
would be almost impossible to replace. I'd like to appeal to the consciences of
the offenders and ask them to put themselves in the victims' position and think
how they'd feel if this happened to them. I would ask them to do the right thing
and find a way to get the stolen items back to their rightful owner. We would
appeal to anyone who might have witnessed anyone acting suspiciously on or
around Liverpool Avenue in Ainsdale between 8.40am to 9.30am on Tuesday, 10
March 2015, to contact us. I'd also ask members of the public to be on the
lookout in case they are or have been offered any of these items as a gift or
for sale either on the street, in pawnbrokers or in pubs or have seen the items
for sale on the internet."
The victim said:- "My feelings have evolved from initial numbness and
shock to a sense of loss and almost bereavement. Obviously there is a monetary
value to the items stolen, but for me it is the loss of family history that was
represented by those items that most grieves me. I had so much wanted to pass
them on to younger generations and for that reason had photographed and
catalogued each item with notes on everything I knew about its origins. That
loss cannot be quantified and will remain with me for the rest of my life."
Anyone who has any information is asked to call Sefton CID on:- 0151 777 3833 or
Crimestoppers, anonymously, on:- 0800 555 111.
