Bungling burglar busted after stealing security camera which took picture of his face
A BURGLAR who stole a security camera was busted after it logged a picture of his face. Christopher Doy, 45, reached through a cat flap to grab a key and get into a house as his victim slept upstairs. As well as staring into the camera, he grabbed a handbag, purse, electrical items and car […]
A BURGLAR who stole a security camera was busted after it logged a picture of his face.
Christopher Doy, 45, reached through a cat flap to grab a key and get into a house as his victim slept upstairs.
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As well as staring into the camera, he grabbed a handbag, purse, electrical items and car keys.
He fled in the Renault Clio and used the victim’s bank card at a petrol station.
But CCTV footage from the garage and house in Mansfield, Notts, saw him arrested in days.
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Doy, of no fixed address, was jailed for three years and four months by Nottingham crown court after admitting charges including burglary, driving offences, drug possession and stealing a motorbike.
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