Very sorry to hear about this.
One of my sons is a builder and tries to keep as much stuff securely locked away as much as he can but the tools of the trade are big, heavy and carting them in and out of the van every night is a time consuming pain.
He's had the van tyres slashed though
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Many threads/posts about similar incidents.
If the "punishment" is meant to be a deterrent them it obviously isn't working and needs a radical review.
The lack of Police numbers, the "Human Rights" brigade, the "it's always someone else's fault" excuses and what appears to be lax sentencing don't help. As does the perceived multi £million tax fiddling etc. by big companies. Well...they do it......
Hope he gets back on his feet again very soon.
Andy.