A burglar had to be woken up by police after he climbed into bed and
fell asleep midway through ransacking a home in Leeds. Officers found
Frankie Flannigan fast asleep after they were called to the house by the
homeowner who was shocked to find him in the property when she returned
home.Flannigan, 22, was jailed for 18 months on Friday after pleading guilty
to burgling the house in Gledhow, on September 22 last year. Leeds Crown
Court heard Flannigan’s victim lives next door to his mother. On the
day of the offense Flannigan turned up drunk at his mother’s house and
she told him to go away.
Flannigan then went to his grandmother’s house but she also told him to
leave because of his drunken state. Carmel Pearson, prosecuting, said
Flannigan then smashed a window before searching the property and
stealing electrical items including a TV, laptop and an Xbox.
Flannigan took the items from the property and left them next to a bin
outside his mother’s home before going back into the house. Miss Pearson
said the victim returned home around 5.45pm to find glass all over the
house and property missing. She contacted police
and they arrived to find Flannigan asleep in an upstairs bedroom. He was arrested and pleaded guilty to the offense at the earliest opportunity.
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