The criminal justice system is a joke.
My car was broken into, parts and tools stolen. The cuplrits were identified (x2), prosecuted and convicted of only theft not criminal damage as well. One of them, the accomplice, was fined half the value of the damage and theft done to my car. The other, the main instigator apparently, was given 20 hours community service, no fine. I submitted a detailed order for compensation. My insurance excess is £1,000 but the cost of repairs and replacement of stolen property came to less than this figure. So I needed re-imbursement. Anyway why should I claim from my insurers who will merely re-coup their loss from me over time by increasing my premium? The magistrates or prosecutor or both were TOTALLY incompetent in failing to fulfil my request for re-imbursement to put me back in the position I was prior to the break in.
If the thieves and vandals cannot make satisfactory restitution to the value of goods they have stolen or damaged then they should be made to work to pay me until such time the debt they owe me is satisfied. If they can't then I take the view I effectively own them until such time I discharge what they owe me.