School uniform and unfinished homework left at scene of break-in

A student from Rosebery Middle School in Australia's Northern Territory left behind their uniform and homework after breaking into a house. A local landlord suspects a group of students from the school are responsible for breaking into his untenanted house. They broke into the empty house near the school on Friday night, with one student leaving behind a school uniform and several pages of unfinished homework.

“They cut through the fence, then used a rock from the garden to smash through the window,” said the landlord, who asked not to be named. “I think it’s just a case of kids being kids,” he said. “I just think the parents should be aware that if their kid is missing a T-shirt or some homework, they might want to have a chat.” One of the pieces of homework asks students to describe different kinds of social problems, including “global issues”, “political issues” and “social issues”.



“An example of a social issue might be how to reduce violence on our streets,” the assignment says. The landlord said he had not reported the break-in to police. “There’s really nothing (police) can do,” he said. “But the more that people know about it, the more these little kids will need to think twice about what they get up to after school.’ The landlord said the school uniform was XL-sized. “There can’t be too many kids wearing that big a uniform,” he said.

The landlord said he planned to drop the homework assignment off at Rosebery Middle School this week. “It can’t be too hard for the school to narrow down which kid it belongs to,” he said. A Northern Territory police spokesman said all crime should be reported to police, irrespective of how small the incident was. “All crime should be reported, it might be a small part of a bigger picture, it’s important for police to know every piece of the puzzle when it comes to crime in the community,” he said.