Edinburgh police raced to the scene in Corstorphine on Sunday after thieves tried to smash through the back door of a home.
The family in Craigmount Gardens were woken by the noise, and managed to scare off the criminals. Police were quick to arrive at the home, by which time the thieves had ran away without stealing anything.
Aslam Yasin, whose home was broken into, told Edinburgh Live : “We had an attempted break in at 8.15pm.
