Originally posted by Max
Boltcutters in daylight? Did someone see them? If not, what makes you believe these were boltcutters? The damaged locks on the ground? Or were the locks gone too? If yes, did someone had an access to the keys? Could it happen that locks were forgotten to be locked. Locks of what brand and what price?
Such and similar details would share the valuable rare experience about the crimial tactics in that area. Instead we got the useless temper flare.
Please see Mediacreations post.
To answer your questions re the thefts from offices in Edinburgh (not even in the same hemisphere as Australia) they are:
Yes, No-one saw anything as the bikes were in a basement area under pavement level, cable and locks cut off, Locks on ground, no access to keys, locks locked. One cheapo, the other a Kryptonite cable lock. Two bikes, one day after another. One a Scott, the other a lot cheaper. Two other bikes untouched.