A serial burglar who broke into the house of an 81-year-old woman was brought to justice after the victim's grandson managed to track him down. Daniel Bridges took cigarettes, perfume and a purse from the terrified pensioner's bungalow before brazenly trying to sell the cigarettes to one of her neighbours.
Outraged by the crime, the victim's grandson conducted some amateur detective work to hunt down the 39-year-old and confront him over the burglary, Hull Crown Court heard. Bridges, of Gee Street, off Hessle Road, Hull, admitted to the theft on August 19.
Prosecutor David Godfrey said that the elderly victim was at her home on Minehead Road, Bransholme, at roughly 4pm when she noticed that two packets of cigarettes, perfume and a purse containing a bank card were missing from her handbag in a bedroom.
