just to update you.
had a call from the police last night. turns out our hunch was right. one of the men is related to the woman who comes to cut next door's grass but there isn't enough evidence to do anything about her. we can only make a formal complaint to the council and request she is reallocated - although i think she should face dismissal.
they checked both the men's properties and found feathers at one, that they described as brown with white spots - my sussex i presume
but no sign of the jerseys. the men won't admit to taking them so won't say where they've gone. everything is circumstantial i guess - they've said they brought meat birds from market and gutted them themselves.
we can't really get any justice but i've just spoken to the manager and as the allotment thinks very highly of us they will be trying to have them prosecuted for trespassing. i mentioned everyone's suggestions from here and i think a couple of the chaps want to donate some trailing plants if we decide to go down the barbed wire route. we'll need to do something as its next door's gate which seems to be the weak point in our security.
i think they'd have taken our giant conti too if they'd had the chance.
just wanted to say thanks to you all for your support. its sad that we live in times where the excuse 'we are hard done by and can't afford anything' is a good enough excuse to make justice feel sorry for these types of people while we are left worse off and are probably just as hard done by.