A thief was caught wearing the trainers he’d stolen from a hotel guest, along with her handbag, passport and MacBook Pro. Sindiso Ncube, 25, sneaked into the Edwardian Hotel in Manchester city centre and hopped into a lift to the ninth floor.
After trying every door, he managed to open one and stole a handbag belonging to an American businesswoman who had popped out for the evening. He also took her passport, trainers, laptop, iPad and $2,000, Manchester Crown Court heard. The total value of goods taken was £6,550.
She returned later that night, on January 24 this year, and was overwhelmed to find she’d been burgled and concerned about being in a foreign country without her passport. Using a tracker on her phone, the iPad was located nearby.
