{"id":185476,"date":"2025-06-15T04:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185476\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:35:17","slug":"edinburgh-veteran-gutted-as-thief-raids-property-stealing-sentimental-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185476\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh veteran gutted as &#8216;thief&#8217; raids property stealing sentimental item"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Edinburgh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/armed-forces\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:veteran;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">veteran<\/a> has said he wants an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:thief;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">thief<\/a> to return a piece of fabric which acts as a fob for a set of keys.<\/p>\n<p>James Powell, who owns The Tasty Hog Company, received the piece of fabric from an old mentor who gifted it to him after he completed his first parachute jump.<\/p>\n<p>The item is over 35-years-old and holds immense sentimental value for the ex-service man.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/moment-edinburgh-local-strolls-city-162025603.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Moment Edinburgh local strolls through city before &#039;stumbling&#039; into Hollywood star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moment Edinburgh local strolls through city before &#8216;stumbling&#8217; into Hollywood star<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/edinburgh-audi-driver-sparks-fury-141601449.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Audi driver sparks fury for mounting grass and &#039;ignoring parking sign&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh Audi driver sparks fury for mounting grass and &#8216;ignoring parking sign&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alleged theft is understood to have taken place on Redford Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sounds silly but even if they can put the key hobs through the letter box or drop it on the drive then that would be hugely appreciated,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;d really like it back.<\/p>\n<p><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent<\/b> <b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s part of the parachute you keep from your first jump, only this one was handed to me by an old mentor as a well done for qualifying. It&#8217;s easily over 35-years-old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The alleged thief is understood to have taken wallets, purses and various sets of keys on Saturday June 14.<\/p>\n<p>James spoke to Edinburgh Live in the hope of alerting other businesses and residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p><b> <b>Sign up for<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=52589817-5145-4bda-812c-35c36c95fb08&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live newsletters <\/b> <\/a> <b>for more headlines straight to your inbox<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: &#8220;Around 3.30am on Saturday, 14 June, 2025, we were called to a report of a theft housebreaking at a property in Redford Gardens, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edinburgh veteran has said he wants an alleged thief to return a piece of fabric which acts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,76003,712,76005,76004,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-james-powell","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-sentimental-value","14":"tag-tasty-hog-company","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114685524333547061","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}