A woman was stunned when she returned home from a shopping trip to find a burglar selling her belongings. The victim came home to a local removals firm packing up expensive items such as her TV, fridge freezer, washing machine and dryer.
Leoni Chater had tricked the removals men into thinking she owned the items by using the victim's birth certificate as 'proof'. Chater, who had forced entry to the house by breaking a kitchen window, is the victim's ex partner's niece.
Newcastle Crown Court heard she was paid £120 for the items, which the victim estimated to be worth around £3,500. Chater fled when confronted by the householder taking the £120 she had been paid, ChronicleLive writes.
