I'm really sorry to hear what has happened. I found it very distressing when a burglary was attempted on my house. Fortunately, they didn't get past my security measures, but they did badly damage a door and window frame trying to get in.
I always carry my cars keys on me and have them in my bedroom at night, as it is common in this area for scum to break in at night, take your car keys, and steal your car. I know several people it has happened to.
All my keys like to the side gate and shed are kept in a key safe, so if somebody does break in they have not got easy access to these. My internal door to my garage, which is a heavy duty fire door, I have put 4" screws across the frame by the lock, so it is not easy to kick in. This I learnt from having my business premises broken into, with a kicked in door, which split the frame, fortunately a police patrol heard the alarm go off and were there in about 60 seconds, but the thieves had already fled.
Personally, if I was the judge convicting them, I would send them on a holiday.... to Afghanistan, their job would be to jump up and down in front of a patrol to find any IEDs and to take any incoming fire from the Taliban.
