A drunken burglar was foiled when he was tackled by a dog, then stole and ate children's Easter eggs.
The chocolate treats had been left out in the garden of a family home in the early hours of Easter Sunday for a planned egg hunt. But Alexandru Lingurar scoffed them during a 24-hour crime spree, in which he also broke into a care home's laundry room and tried to steal residents' clothing from the tumble dryer.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Thursday, that a member of staff at Rodney House Care Home, on Canning Street in Liverpool city centre's Georgian Quarter, noticed the 60-year-old in this area at around 2am on April 16 this year. Derek Jones, prosecuting, described how the employee initially thought he was an occupant of the assisted accommodation site and told him he "wasn't allowed" in the room.
