Camera Stolen

We had finally checked into The Local 2, where we were supposed to be staying in the first place, and settled into our complimentary penthouse suite. It was stupidly big for the two of us and had its own balcony and BBQ. It is run by an Aussie lady and serves Kangaroo and Crocodile, as you do. On our second day of staying here we decided to head out and visit the Royal Palace and some other touristy stuff. The main street looks out to the river and seeing as it was such a nice day we decided to sit on the river wall and relax for a while. Before we left the room we made the split decision to leave our bags as we didn't really need them.
We sat on the wall and relaxed for a couple of minutes with no-one within 20metres of us. We then heard a leaf crack and both turned around to see someone quite close but walking away. It seemed strange but I thought nothing of it. Alex then looked down and said 'where's my camera, where's my camera'. I didn't even realise she had her camera and asked if she actually had it, as she usually loses something and then finds it a couple of minutes later, as do I. The camera was gone, we didn't feel anything, we didn't see anything and by the time we worked out what had happened, the guy was basically out of sight. I ran in that general direction but it lead to a market that acted as a maze. F****************k! I screamed, with my eyes.
We needed to file a report with the police, which was interesting to say the least. One of the guys who works at our hostel, Socheat, accompanied us to the police station and ended up acting as our interpreter.
The 'Police Station' consisted of a few men in a cluttered, run down shop front, in their vests and shorts, just chilling out. We approached and they were completely unprepared, they seemed annoyed that they had to get dressed. They asked us what happened, went to the scene etc and then we waited around for an hour or so at the station. They said we weren't going to get a report because, basically, they couldn't be bothered. Then they said they could, then they couldn't and this went on for another hour or so. We were finally summoned upstairs to the boss - who had been shouting down at everyone all day. After more wasted time and a bribe we finally got a report and left. Four and a half hours later. Poor Socheat had been working all night and we had taken up nearly all of his sleep time, he didn't complain once and we made sure to give him a decent tip. Think it worked out to about a months wages, he was well chuffed and he deserved it. Without him we would have been hopeless.
We decided to leave Phnom Penh two days after for somewhere more relaxing.

*didn't have any photos, due to the theft, so I put up a picture of a flying dog.