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Liam Buckler & Izzy Hawksworth

Knifeman wanders into family’s living room as they slept downstairs in chilling video

This is the chilling moment a knifeman wanders into a family's living room as they slept downstairs.

Jason Skilling, 53, from Manchester, was asleep in his living room when CCTV footage caught a man in a balaclava entering the room, walking around with a large knife.

The video shows the man look over Jason, who was fast asleep, and then look at the camera, adjusting his balaclava - as his wife, Adelle, 56, was asleep upstairs.

Fortunately, the family do not believe the knifeman took anything - he just walked around the living room.

Adelle's daughter Ashleigh Jones said: "My mum had checked the cameras that they have in the house to watch their pets while they are out.

He is seen looking at the camera as he adjusts his balaclava (Ashleigh Jones/ SWNS)
Jason and Adelle Skilling were asleep when the knifeman wandered into their family home (Ashleigh Jones/ SWNS)

"She had seen a guy walking around the front room with a massive knife, whilst my stepdad was asleep on the chair.

"It is really scary, my mum is really upset by it.

"She keeps thinking, what if we did wake up."

She added that the family have 'upped their security' at their home in Chadderton, Manchester, after the terrifying incident.

The intruder in a balaclava walks into the living room with his knife (Ashleigh Jones/ SWNS)

Ashleigh, 33, said: "They are checking the cameras all the time and making sure everything is working.

"When they lock up at night, my mum is making sure that everything is locked up when she goes to bed.

"My six-year-old son is terrified, he keeps mentioning it and calling the guy a serial killer, because he has a knife.

The man is seen looking around for items to take (Ashleigh Jones/ SWNS)

"My first thought when I saw the video was, what if Jason would have woken up.

"My mum doesn't sleep very well, so sometimes she goes downstairs at 3am and has a cup of tea.

"It's all so worrying knowing that that person was there.

The family have 'upped their security' at their home after the scary incident (Ashleigh Jones/ SWNS)

"It is wild when you think that somebody has been in a house like that, so close to you.

"I'm sharing what has happened because it's hot, and I know so many people who leave their windows open, stay up late at night and then fall asleep on the sofa.

"There is elderly people who get up at 3am sometimes and they will go out into the garden.

"It is so dangerous now, you are not safe in your own home."

Greater Manchester Police has been contacted for comment.

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