[Margaret Pilkington]

It is not only in Accrington...it is happening in many towns and villages...it is being perpetrated by those who need money to feed their drug habits, rather than filling their bellies.
Much of the crime in this country is fuelled by the drug culture.
This is something else that has not been addressed.

Poverty is not always the driver of crime.
I grew up in times of poverty...real poverty...the kind of poverty where there was nothing in the pantry.
What I can tell you is that we did not rob from others....our morals and ethics were what stopped us...we did not want to be shamed....but these days there is no shame in anything.

some people have no pride in themselves....they see, they want, they take....and they see nothing wrong in what they are doing.