{"id":8212,"date":"2016-01-19T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8212"},"modified":"2016-01-19T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:28:08","slug":"yankee-candles-targeted-4000-whitchurch-burglary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/19\/yankee-candles-targeted-4000-whitchurch-burglary\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankee Candles are targeted in \u00a34,000 Whitchurch burglary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8220\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cardiff-Bed-and-Furniture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8220\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cardiff-Bed-and-Furniture-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Bed and Furniture Centre\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8220\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cardiff-Bed-and-Furniture-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Bed and Furniture Centre\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Cardiff Bed &amp;\u00a0Furniture Centre, Whitchurch<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBURGLARS broke into a Whitchurch furniture store in a crime apparently targeting Yankee Candles.<br \/>\nJohn McCarthy, owner of Cardiff Bed &amp; Furniture Centre on Merthyr Road, found a smashed side window and empty shelves when he opened the store at 8.45am last Wednesday.<br \/>\nMr McCarthy estimated between \u00a33,000 and \u00a34,000 worth of the popular scented candles had been taken from six displays since he locked up on Tuesday evening.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8244\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shop-window.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8244\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shop-window.jpg\" alt=\"Shop window\" width=\"217\" height=\"330\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8244\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shop-window.jpg\" alt=\"Shop window\" width=\"217\" height=\"330\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Thieves smashed a side window<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHe believes the thieves ripped a council bin from a post to transport the candles. The\u00a0bin had recently come loose from the\u00a0post just outside his shop and was taped up but now it has disappeared.<br \/>\nThe businessman says a lack of CCTV in the area has\u00a0contributed to a\u00a0spate of burglaries in Whitchurch Village over\u00a0recent\u00a0months.<br \/>\nHe said the MP for Cardiff North, Craig Williams, had told him he would discuss the possibility of installing\u00a0CCTV cameras on Merthyr Road with\u00a0senior police officers.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8234\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8234\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FullSizeRender.jpg\" alt=\"A remaining bay of Yankee Candles\" width=\"301\" height=\"498\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8234\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FullSizeRender.jpg\" alt=\"A remaining bay of Yankee Candles\" width=\"301\" height=\"498\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>A depleted display of Yankee Candles<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMr McCarthy would welcome more CCTV in the area: &#8220;I embrace it. I&#8217;m all for it.\u00a0We now live in a society where if people can&#8217;t afford it, they steal it.&#8221;<br \/>\nSales have suffered since the burglary. \u201cThe burglars took medium and large candles, which are what people want to buy.\u00a0I was so fed up of customers\u00a0looking at my displays and commenting on the limited stock now I had to put up a sign.\u201d<br \/>\nMr McCarthy took over the business in 2009 after 40 years in the furniture trade.<br \/>\nPolice are investigating and have dusted for\u00a0fingerprints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURGLARS broke into a Whitchurch furniture store in a crime apparently targeting Yankee Candles. John McCarthy, owner of Cardiff Bed &amp; Furniture Centre on Merthyr Road, found a smashed side window and empty shelves when he opened the store at 8.45am last Wednesday. Mr McCarthy estimated between \u00a33,000 and \u00a34,000 worth of the popular scented candles had been taken from six displays since he locked up on Tuesday evening. 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