A hapless burglar leapt from an upstairs window when he was caught in the act burgling a home.
Darren McFadyen had broken into an empty house just around the corner from where he lived in Cowgate, Newcastle, and had started trying to steal copper pipes and a boiler, a court heard. However, the 31-year-old failed to successfully use the cover of darkness to remain discreet as somebody on the street noticed what he was doing and made an anonymous tip-off to police.
Officers arrived at the scene on Moorview Crescent and entered the property after hearing McFadyen inside and watched as he jumped from an upstairs bedroom window. But his bungled attempt at escape didn't last long and he was detained and arrested outside.
