A brazen burglar left a woman scared to return to her own flat after she woke to find her inside her home.
High on drink and drugs, Danielle Monkhouse broke into into the property in Central Loft, in Gateshead, while the occupier was asleep after working a night shift. But the terrified victim awoke to find the 40-year-old rummaging through her belongings and bagging them up with the intention of stealing them.
Monkhouse claimed to have the "wrong house" and fled the scene - but only went as far as a flat two storeys up in the same block. This time, she let herself in and was again caught by the occupier having helped herself to some brownies, a court heard.
