A HAPLESS burglar ended up pleading for the homeowner to call the police after getting trapped in a bathroom window. The owner of the house got a shock after going to the bathroom at 5.30am yesterday to find the man stuck in the window.
The man, 27, admitted he was trying to break into the house in Howden. He had apparently been stuck in the window for more than an hour and actually pleaded with the homeowner to call the police.
When Humberside Police arrived, the Goole man readily admitted he had been attempting to break into the house to steal when he became stuck.
Officers arrested the man and he is now in custody.
It is the latest case of a burglar being caught by their own stupidity in East Yorkshire.
Billy Joe Donnelly, 22, was peckish when he raided a greenhouse down a country lane.
During the raid, however, he could not resist sampling the home-grown produce and his DNA was later discovered on a cucumber.
After eating the produce, Donnelly, of Wimbourne Close, Bransholme, then burgled the Preston home of the owners in August.
He ransacked the house, stealing treasured possessions and also stole a car.
Robert Taylor, 36, who raided a guest house just hours after being let out of prison, was caught after leaving his release form at the crime scene.
Earlier this year, he and William Shearon, 23, broke into the Kilburn Guest House in Trinity Road, Bridlington, and stole a television, a mobile phone and charity boxes for the RNLI. They also took the owner's Ford Mondeo.
A letter addressed to Taylor, including details of his release from prison just hours earlier with his name and address on, was left at the scene.
Taylor, of Fort Terrace, Bridlington, pleaded guilty at Hull Crown Court to burglary, taking a vehicle without consent and theft. He was jailed for two years.
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