Thieves by definition take things – but rarely do they return them. However, it appears that the Christmas spirit has encouraged one thief to have a change of heart. You may remember that a burglary was committed at the St. George’s Community Centre overnight on Wednesday, November 18th 2009 by an unknown culprit. The culprit stole a black 32” Sony TV, a black Sony DVD player and two Dell computers.

Following the incident the Bermuda Sun newspaper ran a front page article about the burglary in its Friday, November 20th edition featuring a picture of disappointed children who frequent the St. George’s Community Centre asking - “Where’s our TV?”

After that, the Royal Gazette newspaper ran a front page picture in its Saturday, December 5th edition of Dame Jennifer Smith with happier children from the community centre, as she donated a flat screen TV, a Blue Ray disc player and a Nintendo Wii video game system to the St. George’s facility.

However, the story doesn’t end there - on Thursday, December 17th Police attended the St. George’s Community Centre after receiving a report that one of the previously stolen Dell computers and a computer keyboard had been returned to the community centre sometime earlier that week; apparently by the person who committed the November burglary.

A note was left with the items saying – “Sorry, we all make mistakes.”