What sort of person steals a childs toys from the garden?

Was chatting last night to a friends friend who seems to have the worst neighbours possible. She watched from her window as her neighbour lifted the kiddies trike over the little chainlink fence and take it inside. FFS you leave things in your own back garden and your neighbours rip you off . The following morning she went outside to hang the washing out and asked theneighbour had they seen anybody about as there were a couple of bits missing from the garden. They replied they hadn't seen anything but the gypsies had come knocking the previous evening asking if they had any scrap and it was probably them. She know's full well it was her neighbour but doesn't want to say anything because of her kids and any fall out that may occur as a result.

Unfortunately the family are quite large and well known for not being the nicest bunch about

A mate is sorting out some proper fence panels etc at cost and we're going to erect a 6ft fence. Gutted for her as she's a single mum and trying her damnedest to look after her kids, doesn't sponge and works every hour possible to do what she can and it doesn't leave her a lot of spare cash . Her scummy neighbours claim for everything and drink their giros and live in the house rent free while behaving like total arse holes.