Man 'frightened living daylights' out of residents

A DRUGGED-up burglar raided three houses and a garage in a “determined spree” of random “opportunist” break-ins in a quiet village during the early hours of the same night.

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The worrying spate of “odd” burglaries shocked and upset the baffled local residents and the unsettling mystery was “frightening the living daylights out of these people”. But the culprit, Lewis Armstrong-Doyle, was quickly identified by a family member after a Facebook post about the break-ins. He missed “seemingly obvious items” to steal while stumbling about in the raided properties, Hull Crown Court heard.

Armstrong-Doyle, 28, of Saxcourt, Orchard Park estate, Hull, admitted four offences of burglary with intent to steal, all committed in the Holderness village of Aldbrough in the early hours of November 9.

Amber Hobson, prosecuting, said that, at about 3.23am, Armstrong-Doyle approached the front of a house in High Street, Aldbrough, and opened a garage before going to the rear of the property. “He was disturbed by the occupier of the house and ran away,” said Miss Hobson. He had a face covering over his nose and mouth.