I caught two youths in the middle of siphoning off the petrol from a friend's car, parked in our driveway.

They had also broken into it and left the boot and door unlocked, obviously trying to nick the stereo.

I frightened them off and then immediately reported them to the police. Being alone while my husband was away, I was unnerved.

I am still waiting for the police to turn up.

I realise it may not have been the crime of the century but these boys broke into the car and caused criminal damage and the police have done nothing at all. I don't know why I seem so surprised.

Why should I pay for the police when they don't even bother to turn out?

Yet again, the criminal gets away with it. No wonder we have no faith in the police.

-J Freeman, Saltdean