A bungling burglar was snared after his victim uploaded doorbell CCTV footage on Facebook.
Christopher Tschida broke into a home in Sunderland while the occupants - a couple and their three children - were asleep upstairs and made off with a quantity of tools. However, the 38-year-old didn't realise he'd been captured on CCTV, which was attached to a doorbell at the address, a court was told.
The crook was identified when the victim uploaded the footage onto Facebook and it was seen by a member of staff at Tschida's South Shields accommodation. The police were informed and Tschida was arrested and later pleaded guilty to one count of burglary at Newcastle Crown Court.